The aeolipile operates by heating water in a cauldron to produce steam, which travels into a hollow sphere through tubes. Pressure building in the sphere forces steam through narrow outlets on the ends of two or more bent hollow tubes positioned along the sphere’s equator, and the escaping steam drives the sphere’s rotation.
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