aeolipile

simple, bladeless radial steam turbine
Thing general Q338613
aeolipile
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aeolipile

Summary

aeolipile ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (616 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • aeolipile's video is recorded as Does this 2,000 Year Old Steam Engine Work (Aeolipile).webm[2].
  • aeolipile's image is recorded as Aeolipile.jpg[3].
  • Hero of Alexandria is named after aeolipile[4].
  • aeolipile's subclass of is recorded as heat engine[5].
  • aeolipile's subclass of is recorded as radial turbine[6].
  • aeolipile's Commons category is recorded as Aeolipile[7].
  • aeolipile's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +0001-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • aeolipile's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03jzyp[9].
  • aeolipile's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0103512[10].
  • aeolipile's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • aeolipile's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[12].
  • aeolipile's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/aeolipile[13].
  • aeolipile's NE.se ID is recorded as eolipil[14].
  • aeolipile's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Herons_eolipil[15].
  • aeolipile's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as heronsball[16].
  • aeolipile's schematic is recorded as Illustration of the aeolipile, the useless ancient first steam engine.jpg[17].
  • aeolipile's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 147964100[18].
  • aeolipile's De Agostini ID is recorded as eolipila[19].
  • aeolipile's Lex ID is recorded as Herons_dampkugle[20].
  • aeolipile's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as eolipila[21].

Why It Matters

aeolipile ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (616 views/month).[1] aeolipile has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] aeolipile is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Dictionary of African Biography. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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