Friday, May 1, 2020
the pneumatic adventures of a mouse
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My dad is writing comic books for his grandchildren and sending them in installments as quarantine entertainment. In the most recent one, "The Aquatic Adventures of Jooles the Mouse", Jooles lives in an old theatre in London, and rides the pneumatic tube around the building ...
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Pneumatic post is a place to file notes about the life of pneumatic tube systems (particularly in hospitals) alongside other postal, medical and museum related discoveries.
Pneumatic tube systems are systems of pipes used to transport solid objects by vacuum. Once resplendent in European and American cities, they are now mostly used in hospitals, banks, pharmacies and other networked institutions.
I would love to hear your comments, on the blog or by email: a.harris@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Pneumatic tube systems are systems of pipes used to transport solid objects by vacuum. Once resplendent in European and American cities, they are now mostly used in hospitals, banks, pharmacies and other networked institutions.
I would love to hear your comments, on the blog or by email: a.harris@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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- Anna
- I am an anthropologist researching medical practices. For more information about my research see: http://unimaas.academia.edu/AnnaHarris
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