Rome’s First Water Transport Solutions

With the manufacturing of the 1st elevated aqueduct in Rome, the Aqua Anio Vetus in 273 BC, people who lived on the city’s hills no longer had to be dependent exclusively on naturally-occurring spring water for their demands. If citizens residing at higher elevations did not have accessibility to springs or the aqueduct, they’d have to rely on the remaining existing technologies of the day, cisterns that compiled rainwater from the sky and subterranean wells that drew the water from under ground. In the very early 16th century, the city began to make use of the water that ran beneath the earth through Acqua Vergine to deliver drinking water to Pincian Hill. Pozzi, or manholes, were built at standard intervals along the aqueduct’s channel. The manholes made it more straightforward to maintain the channel, but it was also possible to use buckets to pull water from the aqueduct, as we witnessed with Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi when he possessed the property from 1543 to 1552, the year he died. The cistern he had built to obtain rainwater wasn’t sufficient to meet his water demands. Fortunately, the aqueduct sat below his property, and he had a shaft opened to give him access.

The Distribution of Garden Water Fountains Engineering Knowledge in Europe

The Distribution of Garden Water Fountains Engineering Knowledge in Europe Dissiminating practical hydraulic information and water fountain design ideas throughout Europe was accomplished with the printed papers and illustrated publications of the time. An unnamed French water feature developer became an internationally renowned hydraulic pioneer in the late 1500's. By creating gardens and grottoes with incorporated and clever water attributes, he began his profession in Italy by getting Royal mandates in Brussels, London and Germany. “The Principles of Moving Forces”, a publication which became the essential book on hydraulic technology and engineering, was written by him towards the end of his lifetime in France. Detailing contemporary hydraulic technologies, the book also modified key hydraulic discoveries of classical antiquity. As a mechanical means to shift water, Archimedes devised the water screw, chief among vital hydraulic breakthroughs. Natural light heated the liquid in a pair of undetectable containers next to the beautiful water feature were displayed in an illustration. What occurs is the hot water expanded, goes up and closes up the piping leading to the fountain, and thus leading to activation. Designs for pumps, water wheels, water features and garden ponds are also included in the guide.