Part 1

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INVENTIONS

OF THE

ANCIENTS

HERO OF ALEXANDRIA ]

THE

PNEUMATICS

HERO OF ALEXANDRIA

FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK

TRANSLATED FOR AND EDITED BY

BENNET WOODCROFT

PROFESSOR OF MACHINERY IN UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE LONDON

LONDON TAYLOR WALTON AND MABERLY UPPER GOWER STREET AND IVY LANE PATERNOSTER ROW 1851

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT

PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS

This Work

IS BY SPECIAL PERMISSION MOST RESPECTFULLY

DEDICATED

BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS’S OBEDIENT AND

VERY HUMBLE SERVANT,

BENNET WOODCROFT.