Hero's 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 came from Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C.
label: Description
content: Ref: Max Kohl, Physical Apparatus (Chemnitz, 1909), p. 382.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dunbar High School
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.323759
label: catalog number
content: 323759
label: accession number
content: 252354
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hero's fountain
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 41.91 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 41.91 cm x 8.255 cm