Air kept under a pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure

concept

A foolish man playing with compressed air apparatus. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.

The physiological, pathological and therapeutical effects of compressed air / by Andrew H. Smith.

Effets physiologiques et applications thérapeutiques de l'air comprimé / par J.A. Fontaine.

Specification of Jean Marie Letestu : removing fecal and other matters by force of compressed air.

Die pneumatische Behandlung der Respirations- und Circulationskrankheiten : im Anschluss an die Pneumatometrie und Spirometrie / von L. Waldenburg.

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Compressed Air

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Works from the collections

The physiological, pathological and therapeutical effects of compressed air / by Andrew H. Smith.

Effets physiologiques et applications thérapeutiques de l'air comprimé / par J.A. Fontaine.

A foolish man playing with compressed air apparatus. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.

Specification of Jean Marie Letestu : removing fecal and other matters by force of compressed air.

Die pneumatische Behandlung der Respirations- und Circulationskrankheiten : im Anschluss an die Pneumatometrie und Spirometrie / von L. Waldenburg.