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Brown - figure 474
Eolipile or Hero's steam toy, described by Hero, of Alexandria, 130 years B.C, and now regarded as the first steam engine, the rotary form-of which it maybe considered to represent. From the lower vessel, or boiler, rise two pipes conducting steam to globular vessel above, and forming pivots on which the said vessel is caused to revolve in the direction of arrows, by the escape of steam through a …
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- Europeana
Type of item
- image
Creator
- Europeana
Type of item
- image
Providing institution
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Identifier
- dmg:23508023
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Relations
- Bibliothèque Clermont Université, http://bibliotheque.clermont-universite.fr
- French Institute for Advanced Mechanics, France
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2013-11-25T17:47:18.471Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2013-11-25T17:47:18.471Z