232 SCIENCE IN GRECO-ROMAN ANTIQUITY 



Pappus Alexandrixus, Collectio, Greek and Latin 

 text, edited by F. Hultsch 1876-78. 3 vol. Weidmann, 

 Berlin. 



Arithmetic. — On the history of this teaching we possess 

 only a little information contained in the books VII-IX 

 of the Elements of Euclid. — Nicomachus, Introductio 

 arithmetica, Greek text, by R. Hoche, 1866. — Theon of 

 Smyrna, Expositio rerum mathematicarum ad legendum 

 Platonem utilium, Greek text, by E. Hiller, 1878. Teubner, 

 Leipzig. — Iamblichus, InNicomachi arithm. introd., Greek 

 text, by E. Pistelli, 1894. Teubner, Leipzig. — Iamblichus, 

 De communi mathematica scientia, Greek text, by N. Festa, 

 1891. Teubner, Leipzig. — Diophantus, Greek and Latin 

 text, edited by P. Tannery, 2 vol. 1893-95. Teubner, 

 Leipzig. — Boetius, Institutio arithmetica et institutio musica, 

 edited by G. Friedlein, 1867. Teubner, Leipzig. 



Physics and Mechanics. — Among modern authors, 

 consult : F. Rosenberger, Die Geschichte der Physik in 

 Grundzugen, vol. I. Braunschweig 1882. — A. Heller, 

 Geschichte der Physik von Aristoteles bis auf die neueste Zeit, 

 vol. I. Stuttgart 1882. — H. Diels, Antike Technik, 2nd 

 edit. Teubner, Leipzig 1920. — A. de Rochas, La science 

 des philosophes et I' art des thaumaturges dans I'antiquite. 

 Dorbon, Paris. — L. Robin, Etude sur la signification et la 

 place de la physique dans la philosophic de Platon. Alcan, 

 Paris 1919. — A. Mansion, Introduction a la physique 

 aristotelicienne. Louvain 1913. — G. Rodier, La physique 

 de Straton de Lampsaque. Alcan, Paris 1890. — H. Diels, 

 Ueber das physikalische System des Straton. Sitzungs- 

 berichte Berlin. Akad. 1893. p. 101. — E. Jouguet, 

 Lectures de mecanique, 2 vol. Gauthier-Villars, Paris 

 1908-9. — P. Duhem, Les origines de la statique, 2 vol. 

 Hermann, Paris 1905-6. — H. Carteron, La notion de 

 force dans le systeme d'Aristote. Vrin, Paris 1924. This 

 learned work, issued whilst the present book was in 

 the press, emphasizes the metaphysical and scientifically 

 inutilizable nature of the mechanical propositions formu- 

 lated by Aristotle. 



Hero of Alexandria is our principal source for theo- 

 retical and practical mechanics. 5 vols. [Pneumatica et 



