Object Details
- Description
- 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 Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C.
- Ref: Max Kohl, Physical Apparatus (Chemnitz, 1909), p. 382.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Dunbar High School
- ID Number
- PH.323759
- catalog number
- 323759
- accession number
- 252354
- Object Name
- Hero's fountain
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 41.91 cm x 8.255 cm
- overall: 16 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 41.91 cm x 8.255 cm
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1761396
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-7125-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
