A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 414
eron ’ s Spintalia , a description of a close boiler , from the upper part of which a current issues that Supports at some distance above the boiler a light ball like those that are made to play on jets of water . ( See the annexed figure , No . 179 . ) The whir - ling eolipile , No . 180 , is the… … of a fortunate random thought , No . 179 . No . 180 . which Heron , or some other old mechanic , stumbled on by a species of chance medley , whereas they cer - tainly mdicate an intimate though it may be a limited acquaintance with the mechanical properties of that fluid . We should never suppose…
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