Vitruvius described the aeolipile in his work De architectura.
Notes on verification
Confirmed via primary text (Vitruvius' De Architectura, Book I) and independent peer-reviewed and encyclopedic sources; consistent corroboration with no contradictions. [cascade flags: wikipedia_mirror_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=bronze indep_score=0.49 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Aeolipile (wikipedia)
- https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Vitruvius/1*.html (corroboration)
- https://direct.mit.edu/posc/article/24/3/264/41548/The-Aeolipile-as-Experimental-Model-in-Early (corroboration)