“Next I must tell about the machine of Ctesibius, which raises water to a height.”

— Vitruvius , book De architectura

Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book X, Chapter VII, Sec. 1

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Roman writer, architect and engineer -80–-15 BC

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