News View All New audiovisual series about historical engineering: Water pump News We are beginning a new audiovisual series showcasing historic machines, using 3D animation videos based on the mechanisms described in Los veintiún libros de los ingenios y máquinas [The twenty-one books of engineering and machines], a manuscript kept in the National Library (Mss. 3372-3376). The first video features a recreation of Ctesibius’s pump, a hydraulic machine designed to raise water to great heights. It visually explores how the machine works and the mechanical principles on which it is based. This is the first in a series of videos that we will be posting on our website, where web users can discover new machines and mechanisms described in the manuscript. Discover the first video in the series and stay tuned for new posts. See the video on our YouTube channel
New audiovisual series about historical engineering: Water pump News We are beginning a new audiovisual series showcasing historic machines, using 3D animation videos based on the mechanisms described in Los veintiún libros de los ingenios y máquinas [The twenty-one books of engineering and machines], a manuscript kept in the National Library (Mss. 3372-3376). The first video features a recreation of Ctesibius’s pump, a hydraulic machine designed to raise water to great heights. It visually explores how the machine works and the mechanical principles on which it is based. This is the first in a series of videos that we will be posting on our website, where web users can discover new machines and mechanisms described in the manuscript. Discover the first video in the series and stay tuned for new posts. See the video on our YouTube channel