Heron's fountain

hydraulic machine invented by Heron of Alexandria
Thing general Q1613860
Heron's fountain
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Heron's fountain

Summary

Heron's fountain ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Heron's fountain is credited with the discovery of Hero of Alexandria[2].
  • Heron's fountain's image is recorded as Heronsbrunnen.jpg[3].
  • Heron's fountain's image is recorded as Herons fountain.svg[4].
  • Hero of Alexandria is named after Heron's fountain[5].
  • Heron's fountain's subclass of is recorded as fountain[6].
  • Heron's fountain's Commons category is recorded as Heron's fountain[7].
  • Heron's fountain's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +0070-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Heron's fountain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0983zl[9].
  • Heron's fountain's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Heron's fountain's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Heron's fountain's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11j4jv2b83[12].
  • Heron's fountain's Quora topic ID is recorded as Herons-Fountain[13].
  • Heron's fountain's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Herons_brønn[14].
  • Heron's fountain's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781225782[15].

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Works and Contributions

Heron's fountain is credited with the discovery of Hero of Alexandria[2].

Why It Matters

Heron's fountain ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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