Mariotte bottle

noun

Mar·​i·​otte bottle

¦marē¦ät-

: an apparatus that furnishes a flow of water under a constant head equal to the height of the bottom of the adjustable vertical tube above the level of the outlet

Word History

Etymology

after Edme Mariotte †1684 French physicist

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