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.
Sources
- Aeolipile (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Vitruvius/1*.html (penelope.uchicago.edu)
- https://direct.mit.edu/posc/article/24/3/264/41548/The-Aeolipile-as-Experimental-Model-in-Early (direct.mit.edu)