Garden fountains have always given every person nearby the feeling of calmness and relaxation as well as adding more intricacy to the garden. Common garden fountains come either as wall fountains or free standing centerpieces. The type of fountain that is often recognized as the more traditional is the free-standing fountain. Free standing fountains usually have two or three tiers that vary in sizes and the bottom tier serves as the biggest basin. These type of fountains are often sculpted from stone which is a traditional practice since ancient times. Nowadays, new methods in crafting traditional free-standing fountains include materials like concrete, metal and cement and other materials like plastic and porcelain have also been introduced. Wall fountain is the other type of garden fountain. Wall gardens are the better selection for people who have a smaller garden, and on a budget. They may not be as attention-grabbing as free-standing fountains but they still give gardens elegance. People add garden fountains to not only add elegance to their garden, but also to be able to water their plants. Of course adding a network of pipes is necessary in order to let the water flow along the path where the plants are. Back in ancient times, engineers and architects of early fountains relied on altitude and gravity for the distribution of fresh water not just to fountains, but also on wells, pools and baths. Gravity and pressure still play their role in fluid mechanics, but modern liquid engineering have added electricity and mechanical concepts. Nowadays, it's rare to see fountains without the motors and electrical plugs. With today's residential garden fountains, water circulating from them are controlled by either electric motors inside the fountains or a separate water pump nearby and the velocity of the water flowing out of the fountain is controlled by valves. Pressure in which the determines the water coming out of the fountain is controlled by the ground pipes and the adjustment of the valves. Usually, valves are turned counter clockwise to release and increase the flow of water and clockwise to do the opposite. Thanks to these apparatuses, people can now control the flow of water in fountains as they please. Also, if the passageway and exit of the liquid is smaller, the liquid will come out faster, narrower and longer. It's like simply picturing yourself holding a hose and when you cover half of the nozzle, the flow of water would surely exit in a longer range and a faster pace. Despite the fairly simple scientific principles that operate fountains, they still need clever architecture and well-planned construction in order to operate well. Intricacy on fountains' designs should also be given detail consideration since most garden fountains are used mainly for the attraction of guests and revelers. A lot of people consider fountains to be too much of a show-off. A lot of them don't realize the therapeutic value and benefit fountains potentially contribute. Therapeutic not in a physically applicable and topical way, but the therapeutic concept of the water's gushing sound that simulates the flow of water from a stream helps a lot of people relax when they hear it. Another benefit garden fountains provide is the assistance it gives to the surroundings. Other than people, birds are the common beneficiary of fountains. Garden fountains provide birds the water they conveniently need. Considering all these benefits that garden fountains provide, it's as if they simulate nature itself. Since water is such an integral part for every living thing's survival, garden fountains become artificial bodies of water in our own backyard.
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