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Archimedes screw

Ctesibius of Alexandria

Heron of Alexandria's aeolipile.

Johannes Gutenberg

Lippershey, Hans

Torricelli, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist

Guericke, engraving by C. Galle, 1649, after a portrait by Anselmus von Hulle

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power and precision grips

Archimedes screw

Ctesibius of Alexandria

Heron of Alexandria's aeolipile.

Johannes Gutenberg

Lippershey, Hans

Torricelli, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist

Guericke, engraving by C. Galle, 1649, after a portrait by Anselmus von Hulle

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