Invention of the Water Organ (Hydraulis) and Force Pump by Ctesibius of Pergamon (270 BC)

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Periods

• Hellenistic era

Narrative stops

• Pergamon Ancient City Birthplace of Master Engineer Ctesibius and Invention Workshops
• Datça Knidos Birthplace of Ocean Admiral Androsthenes and Military Harbor
• Pergamon Library Research Base of Mathematician Apollonius and Conics Sanctuary

Research sources

• Ctesibius of Pergamon (285–222 BC): The Father of Pneumatics, Invention of the Water Organ, and Clepsydra Clocks
• The Ocean Admiral of Alexander and the Great Geometer: Androsthenes of Cnidus and Apollonius of Perga/Pergamon