catalog number 316085.01 accession number 224005 Object Name Gas Collector Pneumatic Trough pneumatic trough Measurements overall: 6.6 cm x 11.8 cm x 21.3 cm; 2 5/8 in x 4 5/8 in x 8 3/8 in overall: 2 ...

Pneumatic Tubes Used at Drive-Through Banks, 1900s Yep, these still exist. Wikimedia Commons ET3's Elevated Tube, 2000s The closest sibling to Musk's Hyperloop is probably ET3's Elevated Tube.

The New York Post Office was one of many to adopt the pneumatic tube for limited use, as did other cities in the US and Europe. The North Philadelphia system showed off its system by sending a cat ...

Pneumatic tubes may seem like wonky and antiquated office tech, more suited to The Hudsucker Proxy than a modern-day health care system. Yet they're surprisingly common.

I’ve been thinking about tubes. Specifically, the weird black tubes that you often find stretched across a roadway. What are those tubes for? What are they tracking? How do they work?

In 1900, Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith said it wouldn’t be surprising to see “ the extension of the pneumatic tube system to every house.” Alas, modern improvements like the ...

Pneumatic devices use the power of compressed air (air that has been squashed tightly into a space) to make something move. The compressed air or gas can be used to move motors, cylinders or other ...