Taking a bearing on Hero’s anti-crane and its un-windlass: the relationship between Hero of Alexandria’s mobile automaton and Greco-Roman construction machinery

Keenan-Jones, D. , Ruffell, I. and McGookin, E. (2016) Taking a bearing on Hero’s anti-crane and its un-windlass: the relationship between Hero of Alexandria’s mobile automaton and Greco-Roman construction machinery. In: DeLaine, J., Camporeale, S. and Pizzo, A. (eds.) Proceedings of Archaeology of Construction V. Man-Made Materials, Engineering and Infrastructure. Series: Anejos de Archivo Español de Arqueología. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas: Mérida. ISBN 9788400101428

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• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Ruffell, Professor Isabel and Keenan-Jones, Dr Duncan and McGookin, Dr Euan
• Authors: Keenan-Jones, D., Ruffell, I., and McGookin, E.
• Subjects: C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology; D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D051 Ancient History; D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World; D History General and Old World > DF Greece; P Language and Literature > PA Classical philology; T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Classics; College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Autonomous Systems and Connectivity
• Publisher: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
• ISBN: 9788400101428