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AIR PRESSURE!
• Air is all around us even though we can’t see or feel it.
• Air presses on our bodies with a great force. We don’t feel this because the air inside our bodies is pushing back equally hard.
• Air pressure is know as pneumatics and is very important.
WHAT DOES PNEUMATICS MEAN?
• The word Pneumatics comes from the Greek word Pneumatikos which means -wind or breathe.
• Pneumatics is movement by compressed or pressurized air.
WHO DISCOVERED THE IDEA OF PNEUMATICS?
• Pneumatics was discovered in the 17th century by a German physicist and engineer named Otto.
• He experiment with air and the idea of compressing it and invented the first air pump.
WHAT ARE SOME PNEUMATIC INVENTIONS?
• 1650- first air pump.
• 1870- Alfred beach made the first pneumatic subway in New York.
• 1888- John Dunlop invented pneumatic rubber tyres.
• 20TH century- jet engines and other types of machinery all started to use pneumatics.
WHERE DO WE SEE PNEMATICS IN OUT EVERYDAY LIVES?
WHAT SORTS OF MATERIALS ARE USED FOR PNEUMATICS?
• Tubes• Syringes• Cylinders• Connectors
• Now for a video……