Aeolipile
date: label: date made
content: nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: The aeolipile, as described by Hero of Alexandria in the first century C.E., is a simple engine that spins when the water it contains is heated. In time, it would be seen as a precursor of the steam engine. This unmarked example came from the University of Santa Clara in California, and was probably used in physics demonstrations.
label: Description
content: Ref: Hamilton L. Smith, <i>Natural Philosophy for the Use of Schools and Academies</i> (New York, 1852), p. 157.
label: Description
content: C. Martin, “The aeolipile as experimental model in early modern natural Philosophy,” <i>Perspectives on Science</i> 24 (2016): 264-284.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.325973
label: catalog number
content: 325973
label: accession number
content: 256489
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aeolipile
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 cm x 15 cm x 11 cm; 7 7/8 in x 5 29/32 in x 4 11/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 6 in x 4 5/8 in; 20.32 cm x 15.24 cm x 11.7475 cm