Heron Alexandrinus, Mechanicorum Fragmenta, 1899

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              <s id="id.000067">Τὰ μὲν οὖν προειρημένα ὄργανα φανερὰς καὶ
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              αὐτοτελεῖς ἔχει τὰς κατασκευὰς πολλαχοῦ ἐν ταῖς
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              χρείαις φαινομένας, ὁ δὲ κοχλίας ἔχει τι περίεργον
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              περί τε τὴν κατασκευὴν καὶ τὴν χρῆσιν. </s>
              <s id="id.000068">ὁτὲ μὲν
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              [οὖν] γὰρ αὐτὸς καθ' αὑτὸν μόνος ἐνεργεῖ, ὁτὲ δὲ
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              καὶ προσλαμβάνων ἔτι δύναμιν, πλὴν ὅτι οὐδὲν ἕτε­
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              ρόν ἐστιν ἢ σφὴν εἰλημένος, ἀπολειπόμενος τῆς πληγῆς,
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              διὰ μοχλοῦ δὲ καὶ τὴν κίνησιν ποιούμενος. </s>
              <s id="id.000069">τοῦτο δ'
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              ἔσται δῆλον ἐκ τῶν μελλόντων λέγεσθαι. </s>
              <s id="id.000070">φύσις μὲν
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              οὖν ὑπάρχει τῆς περὶ αὐτὸν πραγματείας τοιαύτη. </s>
              <s id="id.000071">ἐὰν
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              κυλίνδρου πλευρὰ φέρηται κατὰ τῆς τοῦ κυλίνδρου
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              ἐπιφανείας, πρὸς δὲ τῷ πέρατι ταύτης σημεῖόν τι ἅμα
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              κατὰ αὐτῆς τῆς πλευρᾶς φέρηται, καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ
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              χρόνῳ ἥ τε πλευρὰ μίαν ἀποκατάστασιν ποιήσηται καὶ
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              τὸ σημεῖον τὸ πᾶν τῆς πλευρᾶς διεξέλθῃ, ἡ γενομένη
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              ὑπὸ τοῦ σημείου ἐν τῇ κυλινδρικῇ ἐπιφανείᾳ γραμμὴ
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              ἕλιξ ἐστίν, ἣν δὴ κοχλίαν καλοῦσιν. </s>
              <s id="id.000072">καταγράφεται δὲ
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              ἐν τῷ κυλίνδρῳ οὕτως· ἐὰν ἐν ἐπιπέδῳ δύο εὐθείας
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              ἐκθώμεθα ὀρθὰς ἀλλήλαις, ὧν ἡ μὲν μία ἴση ἐστὶν
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              τῇ τοῦ εἰρημένου κυλίνδρου πλευρᾷ, ἡ δὲ ἑτέρα τῇ
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              τοῦ κύκλου περιφερείᾳ, ὅς ἐστιν βάσις τοῦ κυλίνδρου,
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              καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ πέρατα τῶν εἰρημένων εὐθειῶν ἐπιζεύξωμεν
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              εὐθεῖαν ὑποτείνουσαν τὴν ὀρθὴν γωνίαν, τεθῇ δὲ ἡ
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              ἴση τῇ τοῦ κυλίνδρου πλευρᾷ ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ κυλίνδρου
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              πλευράν, ἡ δὲ ἑτέρα τῶν περὶ τὴν ὀρθὴν ἐπειληθῇ
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              κατὰ τῆς τοῦ κύκλου περιφερείας, εἰληθήσεται καὶ ἡ </s>
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