Aeolipile

Heron’s Aeolipile: What Is the Purpose of the World’s First Working Steam Engine?

Medicine & Technology May 16, 2024

Almost two thousand years before the Industrial Revolution, an ancient Greek engineer designed the earliest version of a steam engine, the Aeolipile. Read the article to learn more about this device.

Aeolipile

Heron’s Aeolipile: What Is the Purpose of the World’s First Working Steam Engine?

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