Tarentum, Sicily Archives - Kotsanas Museum https://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/en/places/τάραντας-σικελία-en/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:07:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 The flying pigeon of Archytas https://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/en/exhibits/106040/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:07:22 +0000 http://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/exhibits/106040/ It was the first autonomous volatile machine of antiquity. It consisted of a light but powerful shell that had the form of a pigeon and had internally the bladder of a big animal. The aerodynamic pigeon was placed with the opening of the bladder adapted to the utmost opening of a heated airtight boiler (or […]

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