Spouting Fountain
notes: label: Description
content: 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 was used at Saint Joseph’s Academy and Free School, in Emmitsburg, Md. Established by Elizabeth Ann Seaton, shortly after her arrival at Emmitsburg in 1809, this was the first free parochial school for girls in the United States.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's History
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: St. Joseph's College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.325785
label: catalog number
content: 325785
label: accession number
content: 257689
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spouting fountain
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 7 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 48.895 cm x 18.415 cm