Machine powered by expansion of a compressed gas

Specification of Jean Frederic Marquis de Chabannes : pneumatic apparatus for producing currents of air in flues : apparatus for evaporating and cooling fluids : ventilation of chimneys.

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Pneumatic machinery

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Specification of Jean Frederic Marquis de Chabannes : pneumatic apparatus for producing currents of air in flues : apparatus for evaporating and cooling fluids : ventilation of chimneys.