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ArtesianAn artesian aquifer is a confined aquifer whose water is pressurized. Water will thus flow out of an artesian water well without pumping. Why is a well artesian? Because the water table at its recharge zone is at a higher elevation than the head of the well. Pascal's Law predicts the hydrostatic pressure: where is the density of the fluid, g the acceleration due to gravity, and z is the elevation. Origin Artesian wells are named after the town of Artois in France, where the first one was drilled by Carthusian monks in 1126. http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/artesian.html (see also ) See also Notes Frances and Joseph Gies, Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel subtitled "Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages". Harper Perennial, 1995 ISBN 0060165901, page 112.
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