Heros Temple Doors Technical After Effects Animation

Hero of Alexandria engineered these temple doors to open by power of steam to impress the onlookers into thinking the gods were moving them without touching them. This is an example of Vance Mellen's After Effects animations. see www.mellenheadprods.com

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• hero's
• temple
• doors
• steam
• powered
• alexandria
• greeks
• after effects
• Hero of Alexandria
• mechanical
• engineering
• machine
• steam powered
• grega

[Jonjammin]

The earliest steam engines worked on the contraction of air rather than the expansion of it. While visiting one of these early steam engines in Wales, Fred Dibnah went on to make a scale model of a temple that used the heat of the sun on it's roof to create suction which opened the temple doors.

[NorcanDiaboli]

@the13er I think the guys who made this, in ancient alexandria, would be flattered by you comparing them to something as modern as 18th century...

[the13er]

@NorcanDiaboli

Still the power of hot air is almost zero in this case.

The system looks very 18th century -- theoretically possible, practically no.

[NorcanDiaboli]

@the13er hmm... actually, since the siphon makes it an absolute equilibrium, it requires very little force to push the water out, and the water-level in both containers keep at the same level throuhgout the running-time, which i think would make it possible...

[the13er]

@NorcanDiaboli

Hot air isn`t good pusher, because of its compressability. To push the water out it need pretty much power. Steam is maybe able to do it, not air.

[NorcanDiaboli]

@the13er why not?

[the13er]

In reality it does not work. 

[tekatetikitiki]

yyy

[Slapthestickcomedies]

that is sweet how that works... i want to build a real one.

[adceph]

uhhhh