No direct personal quotations by Hero of Alexandria survive in the historical record.
アレクサンドリアのヘロンの直接的な言葉は歴史記録に残されていない。
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Hero of Alexandria
Hero of Alexandria (c. 10-70 CE) was a Greek engineer and mathematician active in Roman-era Alexandria. He devised an extraordinary range of mechanical devices — the steam-powered aeolipile, the world's first vending machine, a wind-powered organ, and automatically opening temple doors. Called 'the greatest experimentalist of antiquity,' he demonstrated the power of steam two thousand years before the Industrial Revolution.
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