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Which Greek engineer built a steam-turbine toy, the aeolipile?

  • Hero of Alexandria
  • Archimedes
  • Ctesibius

The answer is Hero of Alexandria. Hero, in the 1st century AD.

Hero of Alexandria

Hero of Alexandria was a Greek mathematician and engineer who was active in Alexandria during the Roman era. He has been described as the greatest experimentalist of antiquity and a representative of the Hellenistic scientific tradition.

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