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Alexandria, Hero of
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Alexandria — /al ig zan dree euh, zahn /, n. 1. Arabic, Al Iskandarîyah. a seaport in N Egypt, in the Nile delta: founded in 332 B.C. by Alexander the Great; ancient center of learning. 2,201,000. 2. a city in NE Virginia, S of the District of Columbia.… … Universalium
Hero the younger — is the name given without any sufficient reason to a Byzantine land surveyor who wrote (about A.D. 938) a treatise on land surveying modelled on the works of Hero of Alexandria, especially the Dioptra. Literature* Geodesie de Heron de Byzance ,… … Wikipedia
Hero [2] — Hero (Heron), aus Alexandria, Mathematiker und Mechaniker um 120 v. Chr., Erfinder des Heronsballs (s.d.); Werke hg. und deutsch von W. Schmidt (2 Bde., 1901) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Hero of Alexandria — Heron Born c. 10 AD Residence … Wikipedia
Hero — /hear oh/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a priestess of Aphrodite who drowned herself after her lover Leander drowned while swimming the Hellespont to visit her. 2. Also, Heron. (Hero of Alexandria) fl. 1st century A.D., Greek scientist. * * * I… … Universalium
Alexandria, New Hampshire — Infobox Settlement official name = Alexandria, New Hampshire nickname = motto = image imagesize = image caption = mapsize = 250px map caption = Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire settlement type = Town mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision … Wikipedia
Hero (disambiguation) — A hero is a person who performs extraordinary deeds for the benefit of others.Hero may also refer to:Heroic figures* Superhero, a hero with extraordinary powers * Hero (title), a title presented by governments to their citizens for great… … Wikipedia
Hero of Alexandria — (c. ad 62) Greek mathematician and inventor Hero produced several written works on geometry, giving formulae for the areas and volumes of polygons and conics. His formula for the area of a triangle was contained in Metrica(Measurement), a work… … Scientists
hero — herolike, adj. /hear oh/, n., pl. heroes; for 5 also heros. 1. a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. 2. a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic… … Universalium
Alexandria of Sofia Codex — The Alexandria Codex of Sofia is a 15th century manuscript collection that includes the illustrated Alexandria , the Trojan Legend (a story about the Trojan war), the Legend for the Indian Kingdom, and various liturgical articles, proverbs and… … Wikipedia
Alexandria Toadlet — Taxobox name = Alexandria Toadlet status = DD | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Anura familia = Myobatrachidae genus = Uperoleia species = U. orientalis binomial = Uperoleia orientalis… … Wikipedia
