Pneumatic (adj.): of, or pertaining to, air, gases, or wind.
In the world before telephone, radio, and email, the tasks of transmitting information and moving material objects were essentially the same challenge. The way you sent someone a message was pretty much the same process as…
You guys, I was on the radio! This aired yesterday in the Bay Area (I think). Anyway it’s a great piece about pneumatic tubes and I appear about 11 minutes in.
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radio! This aired yesterday...Bay Area (I think). Anyway it’s
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Sometimes I wish we...mass communication. Other times I spend hours
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