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单词 Lamson tube
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Lamson tube

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Pneumatic tube

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A woman working with a pneumatic tube system in Washington, D.C.
Pneumatic tubes in use at a drive-through bank.
NASA Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 mission. Note pneumatic tube canisters in console to the right.
Pneumatic tube letter from Berlin, Germany, 1904

Pneumatic tubes (or capsule pipelines; also known as Pneumatic Tube Transport or PTT) are systems that propel cylindrical containers through networks of tubes by compressed air or by partial vacuum. They are used for transporting solid objects, as opposed to conventional pipelines, which transport fluids. Pneumatic tube networks gained acceptance in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for offices that needed to transport small, urgent packages (such as mail, paperwork, or money) over relatively short distances (within a building, or, at most within a city). Some installations grew to great complexity, but were mostly superseded. In some settings, such as hospitals, they remain widespread and have been further extended and developed in recent decades.

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