# Mechanicorum fragmenta 7 init.

Hero of Alexandria, Mechanicorum fragmenta, II,. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hero-of-alexandria/mechanicorum-fragmenta/7%20init.

Αἱ μὲν οὖν κατασκευαὶ καὶ αἱ χρήσεις τῶν προειρημένων πέντε δυνάμεων δεδήλωνται. τίς δέ ἐστιν ἡ αἰτία, διʼ ἣν διʼ ἑκάστης αὐτῶν μεγάλα βάρη κινεῖται μικρᾷ παντάπασι δυνάμει, Ἥρων ἀπέδειξεν ἐν τοῖς Μηχανικοῖς.

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Hero of Alexandria, Mechanicorum fragmenta, ed. Wilhelm Schmidt, Ludwig Nix. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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