eolipile
eolipile is the alternative form of aeolipile.
Meaning of aeolipile
Noun
aeolipile (plural aeolipiles)
- A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam, consisting of a pressure vessel mounted on a bearing, with one or more tubes which exhaust steam tangentially to the rotation axis so as to create rotation, which is mostly regarded as a curiosity with no practical use.
- His machine, called an aeolipile, was quite simple. Water in a sealed kettle was heated to boiling over a fire. As the steam expanded, it traveled up two tubes into a sphere, which had two L-shaped openings. The steam would force its way out of the openings, causing the sphere to spin.2020, John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon, page 29
Forms of eolipile
| plural | eolipiles |
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Questions about eolipile
- What is eolipile the alternative form of?
- Eolipile is the alternative form of aeolipile.
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