Heron's fountain
Hydraulic machine using pneumatic transfer of hydrostatic pressure to operate a fountain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Heron's fountain is a hydraulic machine invented by the 1st century AD inventor, mathematician, and physicist Hero of Alexandria.[1]
Heron studied the pressure of air and steam, described the first steam engine, and built toys that would spurt water, one of them known as Heron's fountain. Various versions of Heron's fountain are used today in physics classes as a demonstration of principles of hydraulics and pneumatics.