Ctesibius
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| Born | Alexandria |
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| Egypt | |
| Died | Alexandria |
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| Job | Engineer |
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| Mathematician | |
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| ID | 509621 |
Ctesibius Life story
Ctesibius or Ktesibios or Tesibius was a Greek inventor and mathematician in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt. He wrote the first treatises on the science of compressed air and its uses in pumps. This, in combination with his work on the elasticity of air On pneumatics, earned him the title of "father of pneumatics."
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