Editing Thales of Miletus (section)

=== Engineering ===
[[File:Kızılırmak River from Kapıkaya Köyü.jpg|thumb|The Halys River]]
In addition to astronomy, Thales involved himself in other practical applications of mathematics, including [[engineering]].<ref>{{MacTutor|id=Thales|title=Thales of Miletus|mode=cs1}}</ref>  Another story by Herodotus is that [[Croesus]] sent his army to the Persian territory. He was stopped by the river [[Halys River|Halys]], then unbridged. Thales then got the army across the river by digging a diversion upstream so as to reduce the flow, making it possible to cross the river.<ref>{{cite book |author=Herodotus |translator-last=Godley |translator-first=A. D. |title=Herodotus |publisher=Harvard University Press |chapter=Ch. 75 |chapter-url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Herodotus/1b*.html#75 }}</ref> While Herodotus reported that most of his fellow Greeks believe that Thales did divert the river Halys to assist King Croesus' military endeavors, he himself finds it doubtful.<ref name="Dicks" /> Plato praises Thales along with [[Anacharsis]], who is credited as the originator of the potter's wheel and the anchor.<ref>Plato, Republic, Book 10, section 600a</ref>