Water Climbs Mountains: The Reversal of the Hydraulic Ram Pump

There's a pump that makes water surge uphill all by itself. No electricity, no motor, no fuel. The secret is 'water hammer.' It's a phenomenon where pressure spikes like a hammer when flowing water is suddenly stopped. It used to be a nuisance that burst water pipes. In the late 1700s, engineers, instead of avoiding this hammering, deliberately created it to push water upwards with that pressure. The Montgolfier brothers, famous for hot air balloons, refined it for automatic operation. A machine that lifts water using water's own nuisance