heron of alexandria

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or Hero of Alexandria flourished . AD 62, Alexandria, Egypt Greek mathematician and inventor. He is remembered for his formula for the area of a triangle and for inventing the aeolipile, the first steam engine, which, in his design, was a forerunner of the jet engine. Of his many treatises, one contains a method for approximating the square root of a number. His writings on mechanics include discussions of the five simple machines, mechanical problems of daily life, and the construction of many kinds of engines

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her·on of Al·ex·an·dri·a

Türkische aussprache

herın ıv älıgzändriı

Aussprache

/ˈherən əv ˌaləgˈzandrēə/ /ˈhɛrən əv ˌæləɡˈzændriːə/