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Technology. Mechanical Engineering and Machinery.        

early air pump Vacuum Technology.
 
Hauksbee's Air PumpHauksbee's Air Pump Francis Hauksbee first demonstrated his "New Invented Air Pump" at a meeting of the Royal Society in London in December 1703. The principle of Hauksbee's device is very similar to that of a bicycle pump, adapted to suck rather than blow.
 

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