A Short History of Early Public Water Features
A Short History of Early Public Water Features Villages and communities relied on functional water fountains to channel water for cooking, bathing, and cleaning from nearby sources like lakes, streams, or creeks. To make water flow through a fountain until the end of the 1800’s, and generate a jet of water, mandated gravity and a water source such as a creek or lake, located higher than the fountain. Fountains spanning history have been developed as memorials, impressing hometown citizens and visitors alike. Crude in design, the first water fountains did not appear much like modern-day fountains. Created for drinking water and ceremonial purposes, the first fountains were very simple carved stone basins. 2,000 B.C. is when the oldest known stone fountain basins were used.
Early fountains put to use in ancient civilizations relied on gravity to manipulate the movement of water through the fountain. Situated near aqueducts or springs, the practical public water fountains furnished the local residents with fresh drinking water. Fountains with embellished Gods, mythological monsters, and creatures began to show up in Rome in about 6 B.C., made from natural stone and bronze. Water for the community fountains of Rome was delivered to the city via a elaborate system of water aqueducts.
Did You Know How Technical Concepts of Fountains Became Known?
Did You Know How Technical Concepts of Fountains Became Known? Contributing to the development of scientific technology were the printed papers and illustrated books of the day. They were also the main means of transmitting useful hydraulic ideas and fountain design suggestions all through Europe. An unnamed French water fountain designer became an globally renowned hydraulic innovator in the late 1500's. By designing landscapes and grottoes with incorporated and ingenious water attributes, he began his occupation in Italy by receiving Royal commissions in Brussels, London and Germany. In France, towards the end of his life, he penned “The Principle of Moving Forces”, a book which became the primary text on hydraulic mechanics and engineering. Explaining modern hydraulic systems, the publication also modernized critical hydraulic advancements of classical antiquity. Notable among these works were those of Archimedes, the creator of the water screw, a mechanical means of transferring water. Sunlight heating liquid in a pair of vessels unseen in a room adjacent to an ornamental fountain was shown in one illustration. Actuating the fountain is heated water that expands and ascends to close up the conduits. Yard ponds as well as pumps, water wheels, and water feature styles are incorporated in the publication.
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