aeolipile

/ee-ol-uh-pahyl/US // iˈɒl əˌpaɪl //UK // (iːˈɒlɪˌpaɪl) //

鹤立鸡群

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a round vessel caused to rotate by the force of tangentially escaping steam: an early example of jet propulsion.
- : a device for injecting the vapors of heated alcohol into a laboratory furnace.

Another orifice in the aeolipile was fitted with a reed, so that the steam going through it imitated the song of a bird.
The Verbiest model was for a four-wheeled carriage, on which an aeolipile was mounted with a pan of burning coals beneath it.
Some late authors have discovered the extraordinary use to which the frauds of the heathen priesthood applied the Aeolipile, viz.