Ctesibius invented the water clock, which was known back then ... which led him to create his next great invention â ¦ º The suction-pump, which was used for fighting fires and led to his ...

Ctesibius of Alexandria, a Greek inventor, designs the first hand-operated fire-extinguisher pump. Similar pumps surface ... work the cross handles to shoot water as far as 135 feet.

Ctesibius of Alexandria was a Greek mathematician and engineer of the third century BCE. His work with pneumatic and hydraulic pumps led to quite a few inventions: the water organ, the water clock ...

Who were Archimedes, Ctesibius and Hero and what did they invent? And are their inventions still being used today, more than 2,000 years later? Born in Syracuse in 287 B.C. and educated in ...