Steam-turbines

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Name (Hebrew)
טורבינות קיטור
Name (Latin)
Steam-turbines
Name (Arabic)
التوربينات البخارية
Other forms of name
Aeolipiles
See Also From tracing topical name
Steam-engines
Turbines
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q189859
Library of congress: sh 85127709
Sources of Information
  • Britannica online, Oct. 30, 2008(aeolipile; steam turbine invented in the 1st century AD by Heron of Alexandria and described in his Pneumatica; aeolipile, a hallow sphere mounted so that it could turn on a pair of hollow tubes that provided steam to the sphere from a cauldron)