An aeolipile is a bladeless radial steam turbine that spins when its central water container is heated.
Sources
- Aeolipile (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://handwiki.org/wiki/Physics:Aeolipile (handwiki.org)
- https://www.archania.org/wiki/Arch_History/From_Early_Antiquity_to_the_Middle_Ages/Classical_Antiquity/Ancient_Greek_civilization/The_Aeolipile (archania.org)
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