Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...

To see a sphere whizzing about trailing plumes of steam while flames licked around ... actually been invented by Greek mathemetician [Heron of Alexandria], and as the video below shows, when ...

Hero of Alexandria was born in 10 AD ... Hero lived in Roman Egypt during the 1st century, and his description of a steam-powered device called an ‘aeolipile’ is considered to be the first ...