reaction engine

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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.

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