English Explanatory Dictionary

Heron's fountain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An early hydraulic machine.

Word forms

Heron's fountain Heron's fountains

Etymology

Invented by the ancient mathematician, and physicist Heron of Alexandria.

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