- An
aeolipile, aeolipyle, or eolipile, from the Gr**** "Αἰόλου πύλη," lit. 'Aeolus gate', also
known as a Hero's (or Heron's) engine, is a simple, bladeless...
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published a well-recognized
description of a steam-powered
device called an
aeolipile, also
known as "Hero's engine".
Among his most
famous inventions was a...
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authorities have also
referred to the
steam turbine and
devices such as Hero's
aeolipile as "steam engines". The
essential feature of
steam engines is that they...
- The
first recorded rudimentary steam engine was the
aeolipile mentioned by
Vitruvius between 30 and 15 BC and,
described by
Heron of
Alexandria in 1st-century...
- wind and
steam powered machines in the 1st
century AD,
including the
Aeolipile and the
vending machine,
often these machines were ****ociated with worship...
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display much more spectacular. The
physics of the
process are
those of an
aeolipile. The
firework is
named after Saint Catherine of
Alexandria who, according...
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Heron of
Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD)
created the
first steam-powered
device (
Aeolipile). In China,
Zhang Heng (78–139 AD)
improved a
water clock and invented...
- of
Alexandria describes the
first do****ented steam-powered device, the
aeolipile. 13th
century –
Chinese chronicles wrote about a solid-rocket
motor used...
- the
resulting jets
cause the
wheel to rotate; a
Catherine wheel and the
aeolipile ("Hero's engine") work on the same principle. A "reverse" or "inverse"...
- in rocket-powered cars and motorcycles, and they are the type used in
aeolipile. Water,
while under pressure, is
heated up to a high
temperature (approx...
