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The Odyssey Series
Saturday, October 15, 2022, 9:00am
By Jonathan Overby

Ctesibius, whose discoveries include elasticity, the water clock, and the water organ, a type of pipe organ the third century BCE, created an instrument called the hydraulis, a mechanical flute that used wind pressure regulated by water pressure on a set of pipes played in the arenas of the Roman empire. This...

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