Editing Timeline of classical mechanics (section)

==Antiquity==
* 4th century BC – [[Aristotle]] invents the system of [[Aristotelian physics]], which is later largely disproved
* 4th century BC – [[Babylonian astronomy|Babylonian astronomers]] calculate Jupiter's position using the [[Trapezoidal rule]]<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ossendrijver |first=Mathieu |date=29 Jan 2016 |title=Ancient Babylonian astronomers calculated Jupiter's position from the area under a time-velocity graph |url=https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aad8085 |journal=Science |volume=351 |issue=6272 |pages=482–484 |doi=10.1126/science.aad8085 |access-date=29 January 2016|bibcode = 2016Sci...351..482O |pmid=26823423|s2cid=206644971 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* 260 BC – [[Archimedes]] works out the principle of the [[lever]] and [[Archimedes' principle|connects buoyancy to weight]]
* 60 – [[Hero of Alexandria]] writes ''Metrica, Mechanics'' (on means to lift heavy objects), and ''Pneumatics'' (on machines working on pressure)
* 350 – [[Themistius]] states, that [[static friction]] is larger than [[kinetic friction]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Sambursky |first=Samuel |date=2014 |title=The Physical World of Late Antiquity |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=9781400858989 |pages=65–66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yvz_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65}}</ref>