Bryizgi a fountain

Fountain - a word French, occurred from Latin «Fontana». In Russian, if to follow Dalyu, it sounds easier - vodomet and means a stream of water beating upwards. Natural vodometyi is all well-known springs which, for example, in Moscow and Moscow suburbs each and all, and serve till now as belief and the truth caring about the health to citizens. Artificial vodometyi in purely utilitarian purposes, by an example natural, have guessed to arrange in an extreme antiquity, and here when the desire and ability to create from streams beating uner a pressure or simply current water the present works of art has come, to tell difficultly. On all occasions, in 1863 at excavation well-known Pompey under a nine-metre layer of volcanic ashes has been found the surprisingly skilfully worked fountains, saying that in Ancient Rome in 79 year AD people already were able to have a rest beautifully.
In Moscow gushing business as art, long time almost were not interested. In the beginning of XIX century on the city areas stood hardly embellished vodometyi. In effect, it was a prototype of water folding columns. It represented a patten pig-iron column with a low bowl of which the tube submitting a strong stream of water stuck out. It was typed by water carriers in flanks, and local residents - in kadushki. So the water supply problem was decided. Of fountains as a hobby somehow did not muse, the status did not allow, after all Petersburg with its Peterhof magnificence was capital.
One of the first rather decorative fountains, safely saved up to now, has appeared in Moscow only in 1835. It has designed Soared about the Bolshoi theatre. From a number of other fountains of XIX century a little that was saved. In an original sculptural frame Muscovites could evaluate magnificence of fancifully changeable streams beating and poured on light only in 1953 in territory of the present All-Russia Exhibition Centre. The well-known gold girls representing «Friendship of the people», varvarski magnificent «the Stone flower» and a huge symbol of a crop «the Gold ear» have to the full embodied spirit of the Stalin epoch, differing excessive grandiosity. And then, and today these sign figures of Moscow of the middle of XX century are especially advantageously looked in the evening when water game joins colour illumination. They have been made by the last word of then gushing engineering by architects Topuridze, Konstantinovsky, sculptor Dobrynin, etc. And till now are the most well-known fountains of capital. Surprising business, but, despite difficult times, they act and even are equipped by the computer equipment which allows to regulate automatically dance of streams and illumination. However, means for the contents and operation of a gushing economy catastrophically does not suffice. Serious reconstruction and replacement of the out-of-date equipment which stretch serves from the date of installation for a long time already is required to them.
From the new fountains which have appeared in Moscow the last years, the most known complex is possessed on the Arena. The Folklorno-fantastic water enchanting spectacle, on idea, should embody national spirit of the country, but is in practice looked a little archaically. It is impossible to tell, that it is bad, but for the central area of the European capital obviously unmodernly. However this business of critics and taste.
Readers of our journal, unconditionally, possibility of the system of fountains not only public, but also private as it really the remarkable water ornament became recently very much at us popular more interests. Though, why only an ornament? Competently made fountain will freshen and will humidify air, will sate with oxygen pool that that "did not blossom", becomes vacation spot therefore as a little that bewitches and calms as well, as cheerfully playing or slowly streaming water threads. Actually from these threads it is possible to create a transparent veil, falls, and it is possible to force to change them colour and to dance under music or slowly to stream from a ledge on a ledge.
The modern gushing engineering which in the western countries was allocated for a long time already in the whole industry, grants the diversified equipment for these purposes. Experts can suit a small fountain for one day. Almost imperceptible pump in water place simply in a pond if it is if is not present, dig a foundation ditch or put artificial pool. The fountain can float on a reservoir, and can stand on an anchor. Even a little beating upwards and sparkling on the sun splashes of streams will give pleasant refinement to any natural corner. And if still to consider, that streams can be formed by means of combinations of special nozzles it is clear, as the effect can achieve any.
All existing nozzles for fountains are reduced to two variants of formation of a stream. The thin stream is formed, if the nozzle has the form of a narrowed nozzle. The film of water which as the transparent veil, falls with any is artificial the created stone grotto, is received at application of the disk shaper with an adjustable backlash. In the first jet variant the effect depends on a spray design. "Nozzles" can be possessed on a circle under a corner 30-400S, can look upwards from a round pipe, and can be established on the rotating platform twisting water streams on a spiral. There is also a set of other variants of designs, including difficult many-tier, creating diverse drawings from pressure head water streams.
The disk shaper allows to receive absolutely other effects of spouting. Very beautifully, for example, the water bell which shrouds in a transparent film any decorative figure is looked. The fountain similar to a tulip, surrounding, as «Dyuymovochku», a graceful sculpture a water coverlet sparkling on the sun not less interestingly looks. The most difficult fountains are arranged from a combination of nozzles of type of "nozzle" and "disks", for example, it is possible to possess "nozzles" under an inclination on a circle in "bell".
The system of fashionable water entertainment in own garden - business expensive. Even modest jet fontanchik without the additional decorative elements, simply established in a reservoir, working from the engine capacity in 1-1,5 kw will cost an order 10 000$. The Another matter small room fountains. They, if, of course, are not decorated by expensive works of art, much more cheaply. Work of such fountain is not connected with a waterpipe. Structurally it represents any wide capacity (bowl) with the motor established at the bottom eating with the purposes of safety pressure of 12 Century In a bowl water which the pump drives upwards is poured, and it is lowered back, naturally, independently. The closed system which is required to be cleaned and added sometimes to it if necessary water is received. From above the vessel, as a rule, is closed by a lattice. On it decorative pebbles, live or artificial plants can be possessed. Even more interestingly looks many-tier fontanchik, consisting of the several pyramidally possessed bowls. The size of the biggest bottom bowl settles up so that the height of a stream did not exceed bowl radius. Now in our market the set of such fountains is offered. They can be produced to order, and it is possible to purchase already rastirazhirovannyie copies, that certainly is cheaper. Original room fontanchiki not only favourably decorate a premise interior, but also serve as natural humidifiers of air. Even the smallest murmuring streamlet creates round itself a vivifying field. If there is no possibility to leave on the nature it is possible to arrange at least a slice it at home. On such fontanchik it is pleasant to look, it calms and even well influences health, especially at diseases of respiratory system.

Alexander the KOVALEVSKY Source: "the Building Season" #26 (2002)

It is introduced: on August, 01st, 2002

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