| The Romans were the first culture to assemble all essential components of the much later steam engine, when Hero built the aeolipile. |
| The Verbiest model was for a four-wheeled carriage, on which an aeolipile was mounted with a pan of burning coals beneath it. |
| This principle can be seen in the aeolipile of Hero of Alexandria. |
| Another orifice in the aeolipile was fitted with a reed, so that the steam going through it imitated the song of a bird. |
| Some late authors have discovered the extraordinary use to which the frauds of the heathen priesthood applied the aeolipile, viz. |
| However, the aeolipile was a reaction engine, inefficient as a stationary engine. |
