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What engineer designed the first coin-operated device for dispensing holy water automatically?
What specific coin was required for activation in Hero’s Greek water dispenser mechanism?
What principles powered Hero’s automated dispenser, contrasting with later vending technology?
What was the primary purpose of Hero’s transactional automation device in the temples?
Which of Hero's known works documents his numerous inventions, including the dispenser?
What mechanical components did later vending machines, appearing in the 1800s, utilize that Hero's device lacked?
Where was Hero of Alexandria's mechanical dispenser specifically installed to function?
Approximately how long did the gap span between Hero’s dispenser and the next documented commercial vending machines?
What factor is suggested as a reason the idea of transactional automation lay dormant for so long?
In England during the early 1800s, what items were dispensed by the first known mechanical vending machines on steamships?
What Greek word is the root for the term camera?
What is the literal translation of the Latin phrase camera obscura?
What did light passing through the pinhole of an early camera obscura project onto the opposite surface?
When did the public and scientific community begin referring to the device simply as the camera?
The adoption of the single word camera is cited as an example of what linguistic principle?
What concept did the name camera initially describe, contrasting with the modern association?
In legal and procedural vocabulary, what does the phrase in camera signify?
What concept does the legal term in camera imply, contrasting with the photographic term?
Why was the name camera still appropriate even when the apparatus became a portable box?
What observation is made regarding the records during the transition period of the apparatus's naming?