Talk:Aeolipile

message: I 've read a reference on Heron that called aeolipile Αιόλου πύλη or αιολοπύλη. Aeolus was the god who ruled the winds and πύλη is the greek word for gate, porte.
Although Pneumatika has survived in greek I could only find an online version translated in english (searching Heron's external links).
*Heron's Pneumatika: Temple Doors opened by Fire on an Altar
*Heron's Pneumatika: Other intermediate means of opening Temple Doors by Fire on an Altar
*From Heron to Worcester
*Heron's Pneumatika: Sounds produced on the opening of a Temple Door another project of Heron.
So Heron used this invention to open temple door with help of wind and perhaps this is how the term aeolipile occured. But we can only verify that 100% by checking a copy of Pneumatika in greek and see how he spelled aeolipile etc.
MATIA 11:31, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: None of the spellings seem to be listed in the standard ancient Greek dictionary... AnonMoos (talk) 02:51, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  pile: ball or gate? 

message: This article has just been labelled as a stub. Fine, it is a short article. But how much more could we seriously expect to write about it?
Hero(n)'s description amounts to a single paragraph (in the translation) + a diagram. It might be useful to quote that paragraph here, and provide an annotated diagram. But what else?
If we cannot reasonably expect to expand the article, is there any point in keeping the stub templates in place? At what point can we make this decision? Is there a template to say: "yes-we-know-this-is-a-stub-length-article-but-there-is-little-more-to-add"?
Suggestions?
EdJogg (talk) 13:51, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub? 

message: I have raised a question on the talk page for Hero of Alexandria (see Talk:Hero of Alexandria#Inventor or Describer??) to determine whether Hero should be documented here as the inventor of the aeolipile, or merely that he described it.
Please comment there if you can shed light on this matter. Thanks.
EdJogg (talk) 09:22, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hero was not the first to describe the aeolipile, Vitruvius published it nearly a hundred years earlier and does not take credit for the invention Granite07 (talk) 23:30, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a good find. Is there a direct online reference available? -- EdJogg (talk) 12:03, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inventor or Describer?? 

message: I've noticed this article is currently under wikiprojects Physics. While the device certainly utilises principles from Physics and is often used to demonstrate such principles, would it not be better placed under technology? To my mind the distinction is physics describes things which can happen, where as technology is a utilisation of physics to control what happens
steve10345 (talk) 16:55, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Why not both? If the Physics Wikiproject is happy to include it, who are we to argue? EdJogg (talk) 23:55, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Would be fine with both. I also approve of the fleshing out of historical details, as it makes for a better balanced article. steve10345 (talk) 01:45, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Would article be better under Technology / Engineering than Physics 

message: The article currently reads:
When the nozzles, pointing in different directions, produce forces along different lines of action perpendicular to the axis of the bearings, the thrusts combine to result in a rotational moment (mechanical couple), or torque, causing the vessel to spin about its axis.
This suggests that multiple nozzles are required to create a moment. This is incorrect - the force from 1 nozzle is enough to create a moment about the axis. Multiple, equally-spaced nozzles multiply that moment while eliminating most other forces and moments through superposition.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.35.138.148 (talk) 15:10, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: True but it would be highly unbalanced with only one nozzle. --Roly (talk) 16:04, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: That is a non-sequitur - nozzles do not affect balance in any way, they are just openings. 91.89.175.48 (talk) 19:41, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  The physics principles behind multiple nozzles 

message: Just to say I'm going to be copy editing the article over the next few days, with a view to getting it to GA. All comments welcome! Amitchell125 (talk) 22:21, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Intention to get the article to GA