Associations to the word «Aeolipile»
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Wiktionary
AEOLIPILE, noun. A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam; which consists of a pressure vessel mounted on a bearing, with one or more tubes which exhaust steam tangentially to the rotation axis thus creating rotation.
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