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Heron Aerospace is named in honor of Heron of Alexandria (sometimes called Hero -- born about 10 A.D. and died about 75 A.D.) -- an important geometer and worker in mechanics, and possibly the inventor of the first steam engine (Heron's Aeolipile). Heron wrote a number of important treatises on mechanics. They give methods of lifting heavy weights and describe simple mechanical machines. His works also examine the theory of motion, statics problems, balance, levers, pulleys, screws, etc.
The aeolipile was a hollow sphere mounted so that it could turn on a pair of hollow tubes that provided steam to the sphere from a pot of boiling water. The steam escaped from the sphere from one or more bent tubes projecting from its equator, causing the sphere to revolve. The aeolipile is the first known device to transform steam into rotary motion.
The Heron Aerospace logo is designed to be an abstraction of Heron's aeolipile. Interestingly, this abstraction also bears abstract resemblance to the head-on-view of the turbines in many modern jet engines.
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