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-279–-219 · ancient Greek engineer

Also known as: Philon von Byzanz, Philo von Byzanz, Phílōn ho Byzántios, Филон Византийский, فيلو البيزنطي, ビザンチウムのフィロン

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His Collection preserves Greek mechanics and solutions to doubling the cube, the problem behind the Philo line. (AI reason)
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