Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Archytas is credited with having founded the discipline of mathematical mechanics.
As described in a book written 500 years after his death, he was reputed to have designed and built the first artificial flying device—a bird-shaped model propelled by steam.
This machine, which its creator called The Pigeon, may have been mounted on a pivot or wire for its flight.
It reportedly flew some 200 meters.
Image Attribution:
NikonZ7II, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Archytas is credited with having founded the discipline of mathematical mechanics.
As described in a book written 500 years after his death, he was reputed to have designed and built the first artificial flying device—a bird-shaped model propelled by steam.
This machine, which its creator called The Pigeon, may have been mounted on a pivot or wire for its flight.
It reportedly flew some 200 meters.
Image Attribution:
NikonZ7II, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
#shorts #short #history
