An Intro to Hydrostatics
An Intro to Hydrostatics All liquids in a state of equilibrium exert energy on the materials it comes in contact with. These fall into two categories, hydrostatic load or outside force.
When pushing against a level wall, the fluid applies equal force at various points on the wall. Liquid in equilibrium will apply vertical pressure at every point of an object’s exterior when that subject is fully submerged in the liquid. We refer to this concept as Archimedes’ principle, which deals with the forces of buoyancy. Hydrostatic pressure is created by hydrostatic force, when the force exerts itself on a point of liquid. The containers that make up a city’s fountains, wells, and its water supply system are applications of these techniques.
Your Garden: A Great Place for a Garden Fountain
Your Garden: A Great Place for a Garden Fountain The inclusion of a wall water feature or an outdoor garden fountain is a great way to beautify your yard or garden design. Contemporary designers and fountain builders alike use historical fountains and water features to shape their creations. You can also strengthen the connection to the past by adding one of these to your home's interior design. The water and moisture garden fountains release into the environment draws birds and other creatures, and also balances the ecosystem, all of which add to the benefits of having one of these beautiful water features. Flying, annoying insects, for instance, are scared away by the birds congregating near the fountain or birdbath.Wall fountains are a good option if your yard is small because they do not require much space in comparison to a spouting or cascading fountain. Two options to pick from include either a freestanding type with an even back set against a fence or wall in your backyard, or a wall-mounted, self-contained type which is suspended on a wall.
Adding a fountain to an existent wall requires that you add a fountain mask as well as a basin at the bottom to collect the water. Since the plumbing and masonry work is extensive to complete this type of job, you should hire a professional to do it rather than try to do it alone.
Where did Landscape Fountains Begin?
Where did Landscape Fountains Begin?
The amazing or ornamental effect of a fountain is just one of the purposes it fulfills, as well as supplying drinking water and adding a decorative touch to your property. From the onset, outdoor fountains were simply meant to serve as functional elements. Inhabitants of cities, townships and small towns utilized them as a source of drinking water and a place to wash, which meant that fountains had to be connected to nearby aqueduct or spring. Up until the nineteenth, fountains had to be more elevated and closer to a water supply, including aqueducts and reservoirs, in order to benefit from gravity which fed the fountains. Fountains were not only utilized as a water source for drinking water, but also to adorn homes and celebrate the artist who created it. Animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks were often times used by Romans to decorate their fountains. To illustrate the gardens of paradise, Muslim and Moorish garden planners of the Middle Ages added fountains to their designs. To show his dominance over nature, French King Louis XIV included fountains in the Garden of Versailles. The Romans of the 17th and 18th centuries manufactured baroque decorative fountains to exalt the Popes who commissioned them as well as to mark the spot where the restored Roman aqueducts entered the city.
The end of the nineteenth century saw the increase in usage of indoor plumbing to provide drinking water, so urban fountains were relegated to purely decorative elements. The creation of special water effects and the recycling of water were 2 things made possible by replacing gravity with mechanical pumps.
Embellishing city parks, honoring people or events and entertaining, are some of the uses of modern-day fountains.
The Source of Today's Fountains
The Source of Today's Fountains
The translation of hundreds of ancient Greek documents into Latin was commissioned by the scholarly Pope Nicholas V who ruled the Church in Rome from 1397 till 1455. He undertook the embellishment of Rome to make it into the model seat of the Christian world. At the behest of the Pope, the Aqua Vergine, a damaged aqueduct which had transported clean drinking water into Rome from eight miles away, was restored starting in 1453. Building a mostra, a grandiose celebratory fountain built by ancient Romans to memorialize the entry point of an aqueduct, was a tradition revived by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was directed by the Pope to build a wall fountain where we now see the Trevi Fountain. Changes and extensions, included in the restored aqueduct, eventually provided the Trevi Fountain and the well-known baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona with the necessary water supply.