Philo of Byzantium and Hero of Alexandria knew of the principle that certain substances, notably air, expand and contract and described a demonstration in which a closed tube partially filled with air had its end in a container of water.

* Although Philo of Byzantium described the saqiya chain pump in the early 2nd century BC, the square-pallet chain pump was innovated in China during this century, mentioned first by the philosopher Wang Chong around 80 AD.

He, along with Philo of Byzantium, Strabo, Herodotus and Diodoros of Sicily, is attributed with the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which he described in a poem composed about 140 BC:

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* D. E. L. Haynes, " Philo of Byzantium and the Colossus of Rhodes " The Journal of Hellenic Studies 77. 2 ( 1957 ), pp. 311 – 312.

* Philo of Byzantium, a Greek writer on mechanics ( approximate date ) ( d. c. 220 BC )

The earliest written reference is in the technical treatises Pneumatica and Parasceuastica of the Greek engineer Philo of Byzantium ( ca.

The first executive toy may have been a gadget designed by the great mathematician and engineer Philo of Byzantium ( about 280 BC-about 220 BC ), an octagon-shaped ink pot with openings on each side.

The gimbal was first described by the Greek inventor Philo of Byzantium ( 280 – 220 BC ).

The 3rd century BCE engineer Philo of Byzantium referred in his works to water clocks already fitted with an escapement mechanism, the earliest known of its kind.

Ctesibius's work is chronicled by Vitruvius, Athenaeus, and Philo of Byzantium who repeatedly mention him, adding that the first mechanicians such as Ctesibius had the advantage of being under kings who loved fame and supported the arts.

The earliest liquid-driven escapement was described by the Greek engineer Philo of Byzantium ( 3rd century BC ) in his technical treatise Pneumatics ( chapter 31 ) as part of a washstand.

In contrast to the typically anonymous inventor of earlier ages, ingenious minds such as Archimedes, Philo of Byzantium, Heron, Ctesibius and Archytas now remained known by name to posterity.

Philo of Byzantium wrote of such a device in the 2nd century B. C.

Philo of Byzantium (), also known as Philo Mechanicus, was a Greek engineer and writer on mechanics, who lived during the latter half of the 3rd century BC.

A treatise conventionally titled De septem mundi miraculis, on the Seven Wonders of the World, is ascribed to Philo of Byzantium, but belongs to a much later date, probably the 6th century A. D.

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* Philo of Byzantium, Greek engineer who lived during the 3rd or 2nd century BC

Water organs were described in the numerous writings of the famous Ctesibius ( 3rd century BC ), Philo of Byzantium ( 3rd century BC ) and Hero of Alexandria ( c. 62 AD ).

Although the ancient Greek Philo of Byzantium ( 3rd century BC ) featured a sort of endless belt for his magazine arcuballista, which did not transmit continuous power, the influential source for Su Song's chain drive is most likely the continuously-driven chain pump known in China since the Han Dynasty ( 202 BC – 220 AD ).

Reconstruction of a washstand with escapement mechanism, the earliest known, as described by the Greek engineer Philo of Byzantium ( 3rd century BC )

In his Pneumatics, ( chapter 31 ) Philo of Byzantium, a Greek engineer and writer on mechanics, describes an escapement mechanism, the earliest known, as part of a washstand.

This may have been influenced by an earlier device which could expand and contract the air constructed by Philo of Byzantium and Hero of Alexandria.

In particular, Philo taught that allegorical interpretations of the Hebrew Scriptures provides access to the real meanings of the texts.

It is probably too much to assume a direct connection with Philo of Alexandria in this particular.

Moreover, in the first century A. D., the Greco-Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria — who was himself probably a practitioner of pankration — makes a statement that could be an allusion to preliminary contests in which an athlete would participate and then collect his strength before coming forward fresh in the major competition.

Furthermore it has been assumed that he took part under the leadership of Philo of Larissa and probably developed his sceptical philosophy in reaction to Philo's fallibilism.

Philo was probably born with the name Julius Philo.

" This is probably due to the influence of Jewish-Alexandrian philosophers ( especially Philo and his theory of the Logos ).

In this context, Philo wrote that Caligula " regarded the Jews with most especial suspicion, as if they were the only persons who cherished wishes opposed to his ".

The two most important dialecticians of the Megarian school were Diodorus Cronus and Philo who were active in the late 4th century BC.

Rigby is most famous for being the " birthplace of television ", a title the city can attribute to a high school student named Philo Taylor Farnsworth.

Philo even says, " the most merciless of all their persecutors in some instances burnt whole families, husbands with their wives, and infant children with their parents, in the middle of the city, sparing neither age nor youth, nor the innocent helplessness of infants.

The letter is often mentioned and quoted in other texts, most noteably Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews ( c. 93 AD ), Aristobolus writing in a passage preserved by Eusebius, and by Philo of Alexandria.

" The most diverse witnesses, such as Strabo, Philo, Seneca, Luke ( the author of the Acts of the Apostles ), Cicero, and Josephus, all mention Jewish populations in the cities of the Mediterranean basin.

And in c. 40 CE, the Roman-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria wrote of the Jews in Palestine: " Moreover Palestine and Syria too are not barren of exemplary wisdom and virtue, which countries no slight portion of that most populous nation of the Jews inhabits.

And the writers on Athenian history, Hellanicus and Philochorus ( who wrote Atthis ), Castor and Thallus and Alexander Polyhistor, and also those most wise of men, Philo and Josephus ... these men mention Moses, as they do the very old and ancient origin of the Jews.

" The strangeness, the daring, the seeming impenetrability of the crime marked it as one of the most singular and astonishing cases in New York's police annals ; and had it not been for Philo Vance's participation in its solution, I firmly believe it would have remained one of the great unsolved mysteries of this country.

It did not enjoy anything near the commercial success of Van Dine's earlier novels ( or his prime character, when Philo Vance himself was developed into a classic radio show ), and most critics considered it a failure.

The third and most lengthy dialogue, “ Philo and Sophia on the Origin of Love ” is a discussion about God ’ s love and how it encompasses all of existence, from the lowest creatures to the heavens and is the “ cohesion of the universe .” A discussion of beauty and the soul follows, with an analysis of Plato ’ s ideas.

She wrote 10 books, most of them about female sexuality ( Osez découvrir le point G, La sexualité féminie de A à Z ...), but also about pregnancy ( Osez l ' amour durant la grossesse ), philosophy ( Sexe Philo ), and Punk Rock ( Metal Urbain: a good hippie is a dead one ).

Philolexian ( known to members as " Philo ," pronounced with a long " i ") has been called the " oldest thing at Columbia except the College itself ," and it has been an integral part of Columbia from the beginning, providing the institution with everything from its colors, Philolexian Blue ( along with White, from her long-dispatched rival Peithologian Society ), to some of its most solemn traditions and many of its finest ( as well as a few of its most notorious and most dissipated ) graduates.

For most of the 19th century, Philo engaged in a wide range of literary activities, including debates within and without the society, essay writing, correspondence, and hosting speeches by eminent men of the city.

His most significant published works are " Philo and the Oral Law " ( Cambridge ; Harvard University Press, 1940 ) and " In His Image: The Jewish Philosophy of Man as Expressed in Rabbinic Tradition "( London: Abelard Schuman, 1960 ).

" ( 1. 150. 4 ) Aristobulus maintained, 150 years earlier than Philo, that not only the oldest Grecian poets, Homer, Hesod, Orpheus, etc., but also the most celebrated Greek thinkers, especially Plato, had acquired most of their wisdom from Jewish sages and ancient Hebrew texts ( Gfrorer i. p. 308, also ii.

* Philo, according to the predominant view among scholars, is the character who presents views most similar to those of Hume.