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...cendiary weapon was first realized in the early Middle Ages in the form of Greek fire. In modern times, the first tests were carried out during the first wo [[Category:Soviet inventions]] ...

[[List of Chinese inventions|Aside from many original inventions]], the [[Zhonghua minzu|Chinese]] were also early original pioneers in the ...mated distance between different locations.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Ancient Inventions |last1=Thorpe |first1=I. J. |last2=James |first2=Peter J. |last3=Thorpe |fi ...

...her or mother of a field|father]] of trigonometry".{{sfnp|Boyer|1991 |loc="Greek Trigonometry and Mensuration" |p=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmath In the 3rd century BC, [[Greek mathematics|Hellenistic mathematicians]] such as [[Euclid]] and [[Archimede ...

Egyptian inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques which owe their existe ...amazing-ancient-egyptian-inventions5.htm|title=10 Amazing Ancient Egyptian Inventions|date=12 January 2011}}</ref> ...

...it the scientific name '''Pithecanthropus erectus''', a name derived from Greek and Latin roots meaning ''upright ape-man''. ...sky]], first defined in the late 16th century. Its name means "no feet" in Greek, and it represents a [[bird-of-paradise]] (once believed to lack feet). It ...

| [[Greek numerals]] || 10 || ō α β γ δ ε ϝ ζ η θ ι <br /> ο Αʹ Βʹ Γʹ Δʹ Εʹ Ϛʹ Ζʹ Ηʹ ...mology|somewhat arbitrarily]] from a mix of [[Latin]] and [[Greek language|Greek]], in some cases including roots from both languages within a single name.< ...

...|first1=Jorge |title=Centuries of Inventions: Encyclopedia and History of Inventions |date=23 April 2020 |publisher=Jorge Lucendo |page=246 |url=https://books.g ...t the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton. With a preface and notes on the Greek and Egyptian measures of length by Sir Henry James |periodical=Philosophica ...

...ur'', German ''Hitze'' or ''Wärme'', [[Latin]] ''calor'', [[Greek language|Greek]] θάλπος, etc. refers to either [[thermal energy]] or [[temperature]], or t ...tness of idea, is excusable; and I could not derive the name entirely from Greek without approaching too near to the names of known instruments employed for ...

...= 0-313-31342-3}}</ref> where it was described by the [[Greek mathematics|Greek mathematician]] [[Archytas| Archytas of Tarentum]] (428–350 BC). By the 1st ...

'''Italian inventions and discoveries''' are objects, processes or techniques invented, innovated ...te=2019-10-22|quote=The codex may have been more a Roman innovation than a Greek or Eastern Mediterranean development}}</ref><ref name=":31">{{Cite web|url= ...

...could really have destroyed the Roman fleet in 212 BC, lined up nearly 60 Greek sailors, each holding an oblong mirror tipped to catch the sun's rays and d [[Category:French inventions]] ...

*[[Parmenides]] (530&nbsp;BC–460&nbsp;BC), İtalian-Greek philosopher, defender of rationalism in philosophy ...cribes 49 machines, tools and technical concepts that predated many future inventions ...

...ook|last=Gutas |first=Dimitri |author-link=Dimitri Gutas |date=1998 |title=Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad {{Main|Greek contributions to the Islamic world|Indian influence on Islamic science|Chri ...

*'''[[Boris Farmakovsky]]''', archaeologist of [[Ancient Greek]] colony [[Olbia, Ukraine|Olbia]] * [[Timeline of Russian inventions]] ...