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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