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-**"On Automatic Theaters, On Pneumatics, and on Mechanics"**: Hero of Alexandria, probably a continuation of Philo of Byzantium's work ,
+**Hero of Alexandria** (known as Michanikos, the Machine Man) wrote "On Automatic Theaters, On Pneumatics, and on Mechanics, probably a continuation of Philo of Byzantium's work, and constructed an automaton theatre which was powered by weights and slowly emptying containers of sand.
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-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria
+Scene 1 from Nauplius, on Hero's Automaton Theater
-http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/HeronAlexandria2.htm
+  * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria
+  * http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/HeronAlexandria2.htm
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