Hero's Engine

Apparatus
PIRA: 
1Q40.80
Area: 
1 Mechanics
Topic: 
1Q Rotational Dynamics
Concept: 
Rotational Energy

 

This classic apparatus is based on history's earliest steam engine, originally described by Hero of Alexandria about 100 AD.A small quantity of water, when heated, will cause steam jets from the nozzles making the vessel rotate.

 

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