reaction engine

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This also was the invention of Hero, and was a reaction engine, on the principle of the eolipile.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William

Out of the port they could see the red flare of a reaction engine; the next ship in their sector, speeding forward.

From The Hour of Battle by Krenkel, Roy G.