Introduction to Hydrostatics
Introduction to Hydrostatics From its housing vessel to other components it comes in contact with, liquid in equilibrium exerts force on everything it meets. There exist two kinds of force, hydrostatic energies and external forces.
When pressing against a level wall, the fluid applies equal force at various points on the wall. When an object is completely submersed in a liquid, vertical force is applied to the object at each point. This applied force is known as buoyancy, while the notion itself is known as Archimedes’ principle. Generally speaking, hydrostatic pressure on a point of liquid is a product of the hydrostatic force applied on it. The containers that make up a city’s fountains, wells, and its water supply system are applications of these concepts.
The Genesis Of Fountains
The Genesis Of Fountains The incredible architecture of a fountain allows it to provide clean water or shoot water high into air for dramatic effect and it can also serve as an excellent design feature to complement your home.
Originally, fountains only served a practical purpose. Cities, towns and villages made use of nearby aqueducts or springs to supply them with potable water as well as water where they could bathe or wash. Used until the 19th century, in order for fountains to flow or shoot up into the air, their source of water such as reservoirs or aqueducts, had to be higher than the water fountain in order to benefit from gravity. Fountains were an excellent source of water, and also served to adorn living areas and celebrate the designer. Roman fountains usually depicted images of animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks. Muslims and Moorish garden designers of the Middle Ages included fountains to re-create smaller versions of the gardens of paradise. To demonstrate his dominance over nature, French King Louis XIV included fountains in the Garden of Versailles. The Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries were glorified with baroque style fountains constructed to mark the arrival points of Roman aqueducts.
Since indoor plumbing became the norm of the day for fresh, drinking water, by the end of the 19th century urban fountains were no longer needed for this purpose and they became purely decorative. Fountains using mechanical pumps instead of gravity allowed fountains to deliver recycled water into living spaces as well as create unique water effects.
Embellishing city parks, honoring people or events and entertaining, are some of the uses of modern-day fountains.