Ktesibios, Philon and Heron : a study in ancient pneumatics / [A.G. Drachmann].

Pneumatica : the first treatise on experimental physics Western version and Eastern version / Philo of Byzantium ; with notes on other manuscripts and illustrations, historical introduction, and technical commentary by Frank David Prager.

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Philo of Byzantium

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Pneumatica : the first treatise on experimental physics Western version and Eastern version / Philo of Byzantium ; with notes on other manuscripts and illustrations, historical introduction, and technical commentary by Frank David Prager.