History of Pneumatics

  • Beginning of Pneumatics
    3000 BCE

    Beginning of Pneumatics

    First compressors are seen
  • Pneumatics are Evolving

    Pneumatics are Evolving

    First stage or compound air compressor in patented
  • Pneumatics are going industrial

    Pneumatics are going industrial

    Alfred Beach built a train subway in N.Y.C. run by pneumatics, it was the first subway
  • Pneumatics are helping people

    Pneumatics are helping people

    Samuel Ingersoll invented pneumatic drill
  • IMPROVMENTS

    IMPROVMENTS

    compressor efficiency improved by having cylinders cooled by water jets which led to the invention of water cool cylinders
  • More Pressure

    More Pressure

    Pneumatics were able to have 90 p.s.i
  • Modern Day Pneumatics

    Modern Day Pneumatics

    1st pneumatic tube in the U.S. is listed in patent to Sam Clegg and Jacob Selvan
  • Pnuematics today

    Pnuematics today

    Today pneumatics are used as dental drills and in industrial plants