Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Aeolipilae

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

AEOLIP'ILAE, or AEOLIP'YLAE. Metal vases with a very small orifice, which were filled with water and placed on the fire to elucidate the origin and nature of wind by the effect of steam engendered within them. (Vitruv. i. 6. 2.).