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A mechane (/ ˈ m ɛ k ə n iː /; Greek: μηχανή, mēkhanḗ) or machine was a crane used in Greek theatre, especially in the 5th and 4th centuries BC.Made of wooden beams and pulley systems, the device was used to lift an actor into the air, usually representing flight.
The first known crane machine was the shaduf, a water-lifting device that was invented in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and then appeared in ancient Egyptian technology. Construction cranes later appeared in ancient Greece , where they were powered by men or animals (such as donkeys), and used for the construction of buildings.
Ancient Greek technology developed during the 5th century BC, continuing up to and including the Roman period, and beyond. Inventions that are credited to the ancient Greeks include the gear, screw, rotary mills, bronze casting techniques, water clock, water organ, the torsion catapult, the use of steam to operate some experimental machines and ...
The Roman Polyspaston crane, from Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston, “compound pulley”), when worked by four men at both sides of the winch, could lift 3000 kg. In case the winch was replaced by a treadwheel, the maximum load even doubled to 6000 kg at only half the crew, since the treadwheel possesses a much bigger ...
The Claw of Archimedes (Ancient Greek: Ἁρπάγη, romanized: harpágē, lit. 'snatcher'; also known as the iron hand) was an ancient weapon devised by Archimedes to defend the seaward portion of Syracuse's city wall against amphibious assault.
Pages in category "Ancient Greek technology" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... Crane (machine) D. Diolkos; E. Escapement; H. Hand fan ...
The lever was also used in the shadoof water-lifting device, the first crane machine, which appeared in Mesopotamia circa 3000 BC, [6] and then in ancient Egyptian technology circa 2000 BC. [8] The earliest evidence of pulleys date back to Mesopotamia in the early 2nd millennium BC, [9] and ancient Egypt during the Twelfth Dynasty (1991-1802 BC ...
The ancient Greeks first used the word thalassocracy to describe the government of the Minoan civilization, whose power depended on its navy. Theatre: Theatre, in its modern sense, involving the performance of pre-written tragic, dramatic and comedic plays for an audience, first originated in Classical Athens in the 6th century BC. [79]