3rd century BCE Greek engineer, physicist and writer
Philo of Byzantium Φίλων ὁ Βυζάντιος
Born
c. 280 BC
Byzantium
Died
c. 220 BCE
Occupations
Engineer
Physician
Writer
Philo of Byzantium[a] (Greek: Φίλων ὁ Βυζάντιος, Phílōn ho Byzántios, c. 280 BC – c. 220 BC), also known as Philo Mechanicus (Latin for "Philo the Engineer"), was a Greek engineer, physicist and writer on mechanics, who lived during the latter half of the 3rd century BC. Although he was from Byzantium he lived most of his life in Alexandria, Egypt. He was probably younger than Ctesibius, though some place him a century earlier.
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