It all worked in the end, enough so that the engine managed 42,000 RPM on a test with compressed air. We eagerly await the equally tiny boiler for a live steam test.
When filled with water and heated with a candle, the aeolipile spun at up to 2520 RPM. [The Action Lab] next ... experiment done with a piston-type steam engine, too. Video after the break.
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