Water Fountains with Special Effects

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

American Scientist

Volume

93

Issue

5

First Page

444

Last Page

451

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Abstract

Water may be the most fundamental of human needs. It's no surprise, then, that it figures strongly in the earliest recorded stories—those of the Sumerians, who built a thriving civilization in Mesopotamia beginning around 3500 B.C. You may be surprised, however, to learn that the earliest known fountain predates the emergence of Sumerian cities by about 500 years.

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