A centrifugal spin on a 500-year-old air compressor design (opens in new tab)

(newatlas.com)

32 pointsjoshwa5y ago4 comments

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It looks like nice, and 70 dB is very low noise for something compressing air.

I am perplexed by the symbols in the video:

Water is H2O alright, but air was not O2 last time I checked.

That would be some dangerous air.

A wonderful archaic technology that is also an useful thing-to-know in post-apocalyptic settings.

Although a an apocalypse were access to compressed air sounds more like a lull than a collapse

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It looks like nice, and 70 dB is very low noise for something compressing air.

I am perplexed by the symbols in the video:

Water is H2O alright, but air was not O2 last time I checked.

That would be some dangerous air.

A wonderful archaic technology that is also an useful thing-to-know in post-apocalyptic settings.

Although a an apocalypse were access to compressed air sounds more like a lull than a collapse

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse