CLEP Western Civ II

Answer: B - The fountains at the Palace of Versailles were an engineering marvel of their age. The fact that there were 1,400 of them put a significant drain on the local water supply, and the plumbing required to keep them flowing required innovative use of the current science. They also represented another forum through which the monarch could use science to glorify his own rule. To this day, the water demands of the fountains are so great that they cannot all be on at the same time.