National Museum of American History
Hero's Fountain
Unknown artist
Hero’s Fountain is a classic demonstration of fluid pressure that has long been attributed to Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria (ca. 120 B.C.E.). This example came from Princeton University, and was probably made in the nineteenth century.
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