question edit history translations

Which Greek inventor is called the "father of pneumatics"?

Ctesibius

Platon

Aristotle

None of the above, the concept of pneumatics is Roman

Ctesibius or Ktesibios or Tesibius was a Greek inventor and mathematician in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt. He wrote the first treatises on the science of compressed air and its uses in pumps (and even cannons). This, in combination with his work on the elasticity of air, earned him the title of "father of pneumatics."

Ts

3

wikimedia wikipedia → Ctesibius

historyphysicssciencetechnicaltechnology

Technical quiz Physics quiz Science quiz

You will play as

Answers by country

Republic of Ireland

64%

5%

11%

17%

17

Australia

63%

10%

3%

23%

30

Greece

57%

0%

7%

35%

14

Pakistan

50%

20%

20%

10%

20

the Philippines

45%

0%

18%

36%

11

the Netherlands

41%

4%

16%

37%

24

Germany

40%

16%

24%

18%

260

Austria

40%

13%

18%

26%

61

Poland

35%

8%

19%

36%

3892

Switzerland

33%

13%

40%

13%

15

the United States

32%

11%

23%

28%

107

the United Kingdom

30%

9%

25%

32%

92

Canada

20%

35%

5%

40%

20

Malaysia

20%

20%

20%

40%

10

Nigeria

18%

27%

36%

18%

11

India

15%

20%

42%

21%

165

Ghana

10%

30%

30%

30%

10

What was the name of the first and only Soviet space shuttle?

Brass is an alloy made of ...

nickel and copper

zinc and copper

bronze and copper

brass is a chemical element

The Drake equation is used to...

estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy

estimate the age of the universe and the number of existing galaxies

estimate the number of died stars

making computing connected with gravity and weightlessness

What is a tachymeter?

an instrument designed to measure angles and distances

device designed to measure the speed of vehicle movement

device for measuring the acceleration of heart rate

an instrument measuring the speed of rotation of the drive shaft in the engine