202 SCIENCE IN GRECO-ROMAN ANTIQUITY 



the law discovered by Jordanes, he was able to discover 

 the law of equilibrium of the bent lever, and the idea of 

 moment, and also to give to the problem of the inclined 

 plane a solution which was rediscovered by Stevinus in 

 the sixteenth century. 



It is evident, that although the Greeks displayed 

 much ingenuity in the domain of technical applications, 

 they were not able, except in certain special cases, 

 to explain physical and mechanical phenomena in 

 conformity with their ideal of science. 



