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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.
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Hero of Alexandria (/ ˈ h ɪər oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Ἥρων [a] ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς, Hērōn hò Alexandreús, also known as Heron of Alexandria / ˈ h ɛr ən /; probably 1st or 2nd century AD) was a Greek mathematician and engineer who was active in Alexandria in Egypt during the Roman era.
English: Diagram of a functioning Heron's fountain. Diagram made with Mathematica 12. Diagram made with Mathematica 12. Français : Schéma de fonctionnement d'une fontaine de Héron.
Heron's siphon is not a siphon as it works as a gravity driven pressure pump, [63] [64] at first glance it appears to be a perpetual motion machine but will stop when the air in the priming pump is depleted. In a slightly differently configuration, it is also known as Heron's fountain. [65]
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Heron's fountain, a hydraulic machine invented by physicist Heron aka "Hero of Alexandria" Heron's formula, gives the area of a triangle when the length of all three sides are known. Heronian triangle, a triangle with integer side-lengths and integer area. Heron's method, an early method of approximating square root. Nickname for Inter Miami CF.
I think that this should say to build the fountain with this basin empty. Start the fountain by pouring water into this basin after it has been constructed. The description of how to start the fountain also seems reversed to me but I may be misunderstanding the intention of the prose from the original author.