pneumatics

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Passing the open door you hear hissing pneumatics, the hum of a hydraulic platform, and metal clinking against metal.

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  1. noun The study of the mechanical properties of air and other gases.

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  • But I have also crammed into it facts relating to mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and all manner of stuff, to which I keep continually adding, and it will be a charity to me if you will kindly contribute your mite. —  The Life of Thomas Telford
  • Passing the open door you hear hissing pneumatics, the hum of a hydraulic platform, and metal clinking against metal. —  Via Negativa
  • And every tinkerer I met claimed that pneumatics were superior to electrical devices because air was more powerful and durable, outlasting motors which burned out after a few years hard labor. —  BatesLine
  • The 16-page color brochure highlights the company's capabilities in overall energy management concepts such as closed-loop energy recovery systems and mobile hydraulic regenerative braking, as well as specific technologies like intelligent drives and controls, pneumatics, hydraulics and linear motion. —  Reliable Plant Magazine
  • In addition to basic principals of AC / DC, digital / analog, logic gates, op-amps, motors, they cover pneumatics, hydraulics, sensors, and bunches more. —  MAKE Magazine
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