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It is strange to think that Hero of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician, had already designed a simple steam turbine during the 1st century AD. The machine, which he called an aeolipile, was a steam-operated wheel. The invention never got further than the design stage - no attempt was ever made to build it.
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Book:
Incredible But True
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Incredible But True
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Chapter:
World Of Inventions
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