Meaning of 'aeolipyle'

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Meaning of ‘aeolipyle’

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aeolipyle

An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve. [Written also eolipile.] Note: Such an apparatus was first described by Hero of Alexandria about

years b. c. It has often been called the first steam engine.

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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