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SINGLE EDITION?

HERON’S ARTILLERY CONSTRUCTION original: "Belopoiika"?

(TREATISE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF WAR ENGINES)?

GREEK AND GERMAN? This indicates the edition contains the original Greek source text with a parallel German translation; both have been rendered into English for this version.

BY?

H. DIELS AND E. SCHRAMM? Hermann Diels was a famous scholar of ancient philosophy, and Erwin Schramm was a German major known for his practical reconstructions of ancient catapults.

FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL PRUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES?

YEAR 1918. PHILOLOGICAL-HISTORICAL CLASS NO. 2?

BERLIN 1918?

Heron of Alexandria: An inventor and mathematician from the 1st century AD, often called the "greatest experimenter of antiquity."
Artillery Construction: (Belopoiika) A manual detailing the mathematics and mechanics of "torsion" engines—catapults that used twisted hair or sinew for power.
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences: The premier academic institution in Prussia, which published high-level research in history and science.
Hermann Diels: (1848–1922) A giant of German classical philology.
Erwin Schramm: (1856–1935) A pioneer in the field of experimental archaeology regarding ancient military machines.