Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
æolipile .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
æolipile .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
aeolipile .
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Examples
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This also was the invention of Hero, and was a reaction engine, on the principle of the eolipile.
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The many-times written history of the application of steam, from the time of the eolipile of Hero of Alexandria to the heroic period of Newcomen and
Essai sur l'imagination créatrice. English Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron 1877
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This also was the invention of Hero, and was a reaction engine, on the principle of the eolipile.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science John William Draper 1846
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