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Definition of Hydraulis

hydraulis
Hydraulicon Hy*drau"li*con, n. [NL. See Hydraulic.] (Mus.) An ancient musical instrument played by the action of water; a water organ. [Written also hydraulis.]

Meaning of Hydraulis from wikipedia

- often confused with the hydraulis. The hydraulis is the name of a Gr**** instrument created by Ctesibius of Alexandria. The hydraulis has a reservoir of air...
- Machine The ancient Hydraulis Hydraulis 24/40 - Órgano de Dión - Prof. Manuel Lafarga Professor Pantermalis talks about the Hydraulis of Dion (Dion, 10...
- instrument called the hydraulis, which delivered a wind supply maintained through water pressure to a set of pipes. The hydraulis was pla**** in the arenas...
- mellotron). The earliest known keyboard instrument was the Ancient Gr**** hydraulis, a type of pipe organ invented in the third century BC. The keys were...
- Athenaeus. Ctesibius' most commonly known invention today is a pipe organ (hydraulis), a predecessor of the modern church organ. Ctesibius was the son of a...
- classical music tradition. Early organs include: 3rd century BC: the Hydraulis, ancient Gr**** water-powered organ pla**** by valves. 1st century AD (at...
- by the lungs or by some mechanical bellows. The hydraulic pipe organ (hydraulis), which worked by water pressure, was "one of the most significant technical...
- odea, and in these settings is known to have featured the cornu and the hydraulis (a type of water organ). Most religious rituals featured musical performances...
- particular note is the item known as the Mosaic of Dionysus, as well as the hydraulis or water organ, given its own room on the upper floor. It is the first...
- description of machines working on air, steam or water pressure, including the hydraulis or water organ Automata, a description of machines which enable wonders...