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Egypt

Egypt

 

Exhibit items related to Egypt.

Exhibit Items

1 The Book on Air  Hero of Alexandria,  (1575)

Once an altar is lighted, the temple doors open automatically. Hero fashioned all sorts of marvelous automata using steam, air pressure, hydraulics and falling weights. Devices included an automatic wine dispenser, siphons, garden fountains, engines, pumps, steam-powered toys, and magic tricks...