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Mechanicus may refer to: *Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280 BC – ca. 220 BC), also known as Philo Mechanicus, an ancient Greek engineer and writer *Athenaeus Mechanicus, an ancient Greek author of a book on siegecraft, active 1st century BC *'' Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus'', a 2018 video game See also *Mechanic (other) Mechanic, mechanical, mechanician, or mechanics may refer to: Professions * Mechanic, a person who uses tools to build, fix and maintain machinery ** Aircraft Maintenance Technician, or aircraft mechanic, a person who repairs aircraft ** Auto me ... * Mechanicus Kretz' House, a historic building in Copenhagen, Denmark {{disambiguation ...
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Philo Of Byzantium
Philo of Byzantium (, ''Phílōn ho Byzántios'', ), also known as Philo Mechanicus (Latin for "Philo the Engineer"), was a Greek engineer, physicist and writer on mechanics, who lived during the latter half of the 3rd century BC. Although he was from Byzantium he lived most of his life in Alexandria, Egypt. He was probably younger than Ctesibius, though some place him a century earlier. Works Philo was the author of a large work, the ''Syntaxis'' (, ''Mēkhanikḗ Sýntaxē''), which contained the following sections: * Isagoge (, ''Eisagōgḗ'') – Introduction (general mathematics) * Mochlica (, ''Mokhliká'') – Leverage (mechanics) * Limenopoeica (, ''Limenopoiiká'') – Harbour Construction * Belopoeica (, ''Belopoiiká'') – Siege Engine Construction * Pneumatica (, ''Pneumatiká'') – Pneumatics * Automatopoeica (, ''Automatopoiētiká'') – Automatons (mechanical toys and diversions) * Parasceuastica (, ''Paraskeuastiká'') – Preparations (for sieges) * Poli ...
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Athenaeus Mechanicus
Athenaeus Mechanicus is the author of a book on siegecraft, ''On Machines'' (). He is identified by modern scholars with Athenaeus of Seleucia, a member of the Peripatetic school active in the mid-to-late 1st century BC, at Rome and elsewhere.Serafina Cuomo, review of Gatto 2010Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.11.35/ref>Duncan B. Campbell, review of Whitehead and Blyth 2004/ref> Life Strabo mentions a contemporary of his, Athenaeus of Seleucia, a Peripatetic philosopher. He was for some time the leading demagogue in his native city, but afterwards came to Rome and became acquainted with Lucius Licinius Varro Murena. On the discovery of the plot which the latter, with Fannius Caepio, had entered into against Augustus, Athenaeus accompanied him in his flight. He was retaken, but pardoned by Augustus, as there was no evidence of his having taken a more active part in the plot.William Smith (lexicographer), William Smith, ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', p. . ...
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Mechanicus
Mechanicus may refer to: *Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280 BC – ca. 220 BC), also known as Philo Mechanicus, an ancient Greek engineer and writer *Athenaeus Mechanicus, an ancient Greek author of a book on siegecraft, active 1st century BC *'' Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus'', a 2018 video game See also *Mechanic (other) Mechanic, mechanical, mechanician, or mechanics may refer to: Professions * Mechanic, a person who uses tools to build, fix and maintain machinery ** Aircraft Maintenance Technician, or aircraft mechanic, a person who repairs aircraft ** Auto me ... * Mechanicus Kretz' House, a historic building in Copenhagen, Denmark {{disambiguation ...
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Mechanic (other)
Mechanic, mechanical, mechanician, or mechanics may refer to: Professions * Mechanic, a person who uses tools to build, fix and maintain machinery ** Aircraft Maintenance Technician, or aircraft mechanic, a person who repairs aircraft ** Auto mechanic, a person who repairs automobiles * Card mechanic, a card cheat who specializes in sleight-of-hand manipulation of cards * Hit man, or mechanic * Mechanician *An archaic term for a manual labourer, craftsman or artisan People * Bill Mechanic (born 1949), American film producer Arts, entertainment, and media * Mechanic (Transformers), a character in Marvel Comics' ''Transformers'' * ''Mechanics'' (Aristotle), an Ancient Greek treatise on machines * Game mechanics, constructs of rules or methods designed for interaction with the game state * Mike + The Mechanics, British pop-rock band Science and technology * Mechanical engineering * Mechanics Mechanics () is the area of physics concerned with the relationships between ...
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