Associations to the word «Aeolipile»

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.

Wise words

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