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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Eolipilenoun
A hollow ball of metal with a long pipe; which ball, filled with water, and exposed to the fire, sends out, as the water heats, at intervals, blasts of cold wind through the pipe.
Etymology: from Æolus and pila.
Considering the structure of that globe, the exterior crust, and the waters lying round under it, both exposed to the sun, we may fitly compare it to an eolipile, or an hollow sphere with water in it, which the heat of the fire rarefies, and turns into vapours and wind. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.
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eolipile
An aeolipile, aeolipyle, or eolipile, from the Greek "αιολουπυλη", also known as a Hero's engine, is a simple, bladeless radial steam turbine which spins when the central water container is heated. Torque is produced by steam jets exiting the turbine. The Greek-Egyptian mathematician and engineer Hero of Alexandria described the device in the 1st century CE, and many sources give him the credit for its invention. However, Vitruvius was the first to describe this appliance in his De architectura (ca. 30–20 BCE).The aeolipile is considered to be the first recorded steam engine or reaction steam turbine, but it is neither a practical source of power nor a direct predecessor of the type of steam engine invented during the Industrial Revolution.The name – derived from the Greek word Αἴολος and Latin word pila – translates to "the ball of Aeolus", Aeolus being the Greek god of the air and wind.
Webster Dictionary
Eolipilenoun
same as Aeolipile
Etymology: [Cf. F. olipyle.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of eolipile in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of eolipile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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