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Definition of Eolipiles
1. eolipile [n] - See also: eolipile
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eolipiles
Literary usage of Eolipiles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1858)
"Indeed, all the early experiments on steam were made with eolipiles, ... It will
have been perceived from the preceding chapter that eolipiles for blowing ..."
2. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1876)
"Rhenanus, an old German writer, who died in 1547, enumerating the treasures
belonging to the ancient church at Mentz, mentions eolipiles in the form of" ..."
3. The Life, Times and Scientific Labours of the Second Marquis of Worcester by Henry Dircks (1865)
"eolipiles being empty, and the aire which is within it will become extreamely
rarefied; then being thus hot throw it into water, and the aire will begin to ..."
4. An Essay on Electricity, Containing a Series of Experiments Introductory to by John Brice Becket (1773)
"... eolipiles to the ends of a light rod of wood, their orifices, which terminated
in a capillary tube, ... When the lamps were lighted, and the eolipiles ..."
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