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PNEUMATICS (Gr. Irveiiµa, wind, air)

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PNEUMATICS (Gr. Irveiiµa, wind, air)

PNEUMATICS (Gr. Irveiiµa, See also:
WIND
WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)
wind, See also:
AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
AIR, or ASBEN
air) , the See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of See also:

PHYSICAL

physical See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science concerned with the properties of gases and vapours (see See also:

GAS) . A pneumatic trough is simply a See also:

basin containing See also:

WATER

water or some other liquid used for See also:

COLLECTING

collecting gases .

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