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Water organ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The aim of this study was to investigate fluidregulating mechanisms, with special regard to the role of plasma proteins in the control of plasma volume (PV), and the role of the superficial tissues as a water storage organ of the body during prolonged physical strain. ... Water Deprivation [physiology]
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Freeze tolerance in the frog Rana sylvatica is supported by nonanticipatory mobilization of cryoprotectant (glucose) and redistribution of organ water. ... Freeze tolerance in the frog Rana sylvatica is supported by nonanticipatory mobilization of cryoprotectant (glucose) and redistribution of organ water.
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The water organ or hydraulic organ is a kind of pipe organ. As in the pipe organ, the sound is made by air blowing through the pipes, but power to make the air blow does not come from bellows or from electricity as in the modern organ, but from water, for example from a waterfall.
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The Hydraulicus (Water Organ) ; Described by Vitruvius circa A.D. 20 ; Longitudinal Cross Section ... Water can flow into and out of the air vessel because there are spaces between the blocks upon which it sits. On the upstroke of the piston, water is forced back up into the water chest, compressing the air at the top of...
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Ktesibios invention of the pipe organ in the 3rd century BC ... The organ entered that world in AD 757 when the Byzantine court presented a Ktesibios type of water organ to Charlemagne's father. From then on, organs became an integral part of Northern European culture.
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history of physics, ancient rome, The water organ of Vitruvius, Classical antiquity, Mechanics, Ancient history, genius, Shockwave, Animation, organ, pressure, Romans ... According to Vitruvius, Ktesibios was the first to build an organ like this. The water organ of Vitruvius is an enhanced verion, which uses two...
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The water organ, often referred to as the hydraulic organ, is an instrument of great interest and curiosity to the contemporary student of music or early technology. Though none of the actual instruments have survived, there is a surprising amount of written and iconographic material available on these organs.
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