Between eighteen seventy-six and nineteen seventeen, Paris operated entire fleet of trams powered by compressed air—silent, clean, no smoke, no coal, running commercially for forty-one years carrying millions of passengers. Louis Mékarski French-Polish engineer received patent eighteen seventy-six solving cold expansion problem through bouillotte system: compressed air from storage tanks at seventy-five atmospheres passed through heated water reservoir before entering engine cylinders, preventing freezing while maintaining consistent pressure. Compagnie Générale des Omnibus operated compressed air trams achieving thirty kilometers per hour, ten to fifteen kilometers range between compression station refills, passenger capacity comparable to horse-drawn systems with significantly lower operating costs—forty-one years documented commercial success then completely dismantled nineteen seventeen exactly when oil becoming dominant transportation fuel
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WHY ARE WE HERE? A Scary Truth Behind the Original Bible Story | Full Documentary
By The 5th Kind
This information will change the way you think about the history of humanities origins. What implications does this have for us today?
Saturday, 17 October 2020
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Noam Chomsky - How To Protect Your Freedom Of Speech: Why The Government & Technology Companies Want To Silence You - Digital Freedom Platform
Noam Chomsky - How To Protect Your Freedom Of Speech: Why The Government & Technology Companies Want To Silence You - Digital Freedom Platform: Noam Chomsky was an intellectual prodigy. Chomsky is widely published, both on topics in his field and on issues of dissent and U.S. foreign policy.
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
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