| LC control no. | sh 85127709 |
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| LC classification | TJ735 TJ740 |
| Topical heading | Steam-turbines |
| Variant(s) | Aeolipiles |
| See also | Steam-engines Turbines |
| Found in | Britannica online, Oct. 30, 2008 (aeolipile; steam turbine invented in the 1st century AD by Heron of Alexandria and described in his Pneumatica; aeolipile, a hallow sphere mounted so that it could turn on a pair of hollow tubes that provided steam to the sphere from a cauldron) |
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