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• The word Pneumatics comes from the Greek word Pneumatikos which means - wind or breathe.
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The work that remains is called Pneumatics, and so interesting a work it is as to make us doubly regret the loss of its companion volumes.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science 1904
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"Pneumatics," answered the teacher: "come, be quick; for it is the last word, and the sun is nearly down."
Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment viii, 9-151, [1] p. 1847
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Beginner's Guide to Props and Pneumatics frostydesigns shows off some of their masks and props
Archive 2009-05-01 Prof. Ravensdeath 2009
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Beginner's Guide to Props and Pneumatics frostydesigns shows off some of their masks and props
Drag Me to Hell and other stuff... Prof. Ravensdeath 2009
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I will put that curious point in Pneumatics more clearly before you on a future occasion.
No Name 2003
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Heron, of Alexandria, describes in his _Pneumatics_ several analogous apparatus.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Various
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The Valentinians are known to have divided their members into three classes -- the Pneumatics, the Psychics, and the Hylics (i.e. materialists); the Basilideans are also said to have possessed secret doctrines known to hardly one in a thousand of the sect.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918
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Pneumatics and Acoustics hours a week for 4 weeks.
History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907
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On Feb. 15th I began my Lectures (which, this year, included Mechanics, Optics, Pneumatics, and Hydrostatics) in the room below the University Library.
Autobiography Airy, George Biddell, Sir 1896
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