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2. Heron's fountain - Wikipedia

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   Heron's fountain is a hydraulic machine invented by the 1st century AD inventor, mathematician, and physicist Heron (or 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 ...

3. Schiller Woods magic water pump - Wikipedia

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   Coordinates: 41°57′07.6″N 87°50′38.4″W. Using the pump in 1964. The Schiller Woods magic water pump is a public water pump at Schiller Woods Forest Preserve in Chicago, Illinois. Its water is believed by many local residents to have magical properties, improving health and vigor. [1][2] Some believe that the pump's water extends the ...

4. Machine de Marly - Wikipedia

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   The Machine de Marly (French pronunciation: [maʃin də maʁli]), also known as the Marly Machine or the Machine of Marly, was a large hydraulic system in Yvelines, France, built in 1684 to pump water from the river Seine and deliver it to the Palace of Versailles. [1] King Louis XIV needed a large water supply for his fountains at Versailles.

5. Water feature - Wikipedia

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   A water feature may be indoor or outdoor and can range in size from a desk top water fountain to a large indoor waterfall that covers an entire wall in a large building, and can be made from any number of materials, including stone, stainless steel, resin, iron and glass. Most water features are electronically controlled, ranging from simple ...

6. History of fountains in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park, Chicago was one of the first American fountains to use powerful modern pumps to shoot water as high as 150 feet (46 meters) into the air. The Fountain of Prometheus, with sculpture by Paul Manship, built at Rockefeller Center in New York City in 1933, was the first American fountain in the Art-Deco style.

7. Archimedes' screw - Wikipedia

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   The screw pump is the oldest positive displacement pump. [1] The first records of a water screw, or screw pump, date back to Hellenistic Egypt before the 3rd century BC. [1] [3] The Egyptian screw, used to lift water from the Nile, was composed of tubes wound round a cylinder; as the entire unit rotates, water is lifted within the spiral tube to the higher elevation.