Philo of Byzantium

GPTKB entity

Statements (66)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:engineers
gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:ancient_Greece
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Byzantium
gptkbp:contribution theory of levers
theory of pulleys
theory of screws
theory of wedges
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired future engineers
inspired future scientists
inspired future inventors
inspired future philosophers
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Byzantium
gptkbp:era gptkb:Hellenistic_period
gptkbp:field mechanics
gptkbp:has_a_focus_on mechanical advantage
principles of mechanics
principles of thermodynamics
principles of leverage
principles of buoyancy
nature of motion
principles of aerospace engineering
principles of chemical engineering
principles of civil engineering
principles of dynamics
principles of electrical engineering
principles of energy
principles of environmental engineering
principles of equilibrium
principles of fluid mechanics
principles of force
principles of hydraulics
principles of industrial engineering
principles of kinematics
principles of machines
principles of mechanical engineering
principles of solid mechanics
principles of statics
principles of structural engineering
principles of systems engineering
principles of work
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Philo of Byzantium
gptkbp:influence Roman engineering
medieval technology
Renaissance engineering
gptkbp:influenced later engineers
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Aristotle
gptkbp:invention windmills
sundials
automata
catapults
water clocks
gptkbp:is_active_in 3rd century BC
gptkbp:known_for mechanical inventions
gptkbp:language Greek
gptkbp:legacy in physics
in philosophy
in mechanical engineering
gptkbp:mentor none known
gptkbp:notable_students none known
gptkbp:notable_work Pneumatics
gptkbp:scholarships mechanical philosophy
gptkbp:wrote On the Construction of Mechanical Devices
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Salamis
gptkb:The_Hanging_Garden
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5