hydraulus
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of hydraulus
1870–75; < Latin < Greek hýdraulos water organ, equivalent to hydr- hydr- 1 + aulós pipe
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They called it an hydraulus because air was fed into its pipes by a water contrivance.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first mechanical pipe organ, a water-driven monster called a hydraulus, so awed the ancients that they enshrined it in a temple of Venus.
From Time Magazine Archive
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