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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. 7rvevµa, wind, air), the branch of physical science concerned with the properties of gases and vapours (see Gns). A pneumatic trough is simply a basin containing water or some other liquid used for collecting gases.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pneumatics'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/pneumatics.html. 1910.
 
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