PNEUMATIC OPTIONS

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PNEUMATIC OPTIONS RESEARCH LIBRARY

2009 CATALOG

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ITEM #	ITEM TITLES AND .pdf links to DOWNLOAD
55-09	Gas Buggies (Hem and Amy) by Frank Beck
	gasbuggies-cover.pdf
	gasbuggies-1926-10.pdf
	gasbuggies-1926-11.pdf
	gasbuggies-1926-12.pdf
	gasbuggies-1927-01.pdf
	gasbuggies-1927-02.pdf
	gasbuggies-1927-03.pdf
	gasbuggies-1927-04.pdf
	gasbuggies-1927-05.pdf
	gasbuggies-1927-06.pdf
	gasbuggies-1927-07.pdf
	gasbuggies-1927-08.pdf
	gasbuggies-1927-09.pdf
01-04	Air Powered Cars by Terry Miller
	apctm 1-50.pdf     45 mb
	apctm 51-100.pdf     7.62 mb
	apctm 101-150.pdf     43 mb
	apctm 151-206.pdf     3.08 mb
	apctm cover.pdf     32 kb
	scans of photos from Terry Miller's plans
02-09	Compressed Air Power Secrets NEW EDITION 2009 374 PAGES
	caps 0-8.pdf     4.66 mb
	caps 9-50.pdf     2.48 mb
	caps 51-100.pdf     2.84 mb
	caps 101-150.pdf     3.51 mb
	caps 151-200.pdf     3.02 mb
	caps 201-250.pdf     4.61 mb
	caps 251-300.pdf     4.06 mb
	caps 301-350.pdf     4.73 mb
	caps 351-374.pdf     1.32 mb
03-00	The Air Engine that Got Air Engines Covered Up
	aeaec.pdf    4.67 mb
	aeaec cover.pdf     33 kb
04A-00	Self-fueling Air Cars
	sfac 1-50.pdf     6.3 mb
	sfac 51-100.pdf     3.06 mb
	sfac 101-150.pdf     3.76 mb
	sfac 151-191.pdf     4.72 mb
	sfac cover back inside.pdf     123 kb
	sfac cover.pdf     37 kb
04B-00	Regenerative Air Car Designs
	racd i-ii, 1-50.pdf     3.64 mb
	racd 51-100.pdf     3.12 mb
	racd 101-163.pdf     3.51 mb
	racd covers.pdf     452 kb
ITEM #	ITEM TITLES AND .pdf links to DOWNLOAD
04C-00	Early Air Car Patents
	eacp.pdf     1.55 mb
	eacp cover.pdf     14 kb
05A-00	The Truth About Air Cars (Volume One)
	taac one 1-50.pdf     4.53 mb
	taac one 51-100.pdf     4.99 mb
	taac one 101-139.pdf     3.57 mb
	taac one covers.pdf     617 kb
05B-00	The Truth About Air Cars (Volume Two)
	taac 2 1-50.pdf     3.92 mb
	taac 2 51-100.pdf     3.6 mb
	taac 2 101-168.pdf     7.62 mb
	taac 2 covers.pdf     192 kb
06-00	Fluid Power Without Moving Parts
	fpwmp 1-50.pdf     4.62 mb
	fpwmp 51-100.pdf     3.54 mb
	fpwmp 101-150.pdf     1.84 mb
	fpwmp 151-200.pdf     3.97 mb
	fpwmp 201-239.pdf     3.6 mb
	fpwmp cover.pdf     31 kb
07A-00	Maxwell's Demon Gets a Job
	mdgj 1-50.pdf     3.46 mb
	mdgj 51-100.pdf     3.61 mb
	mdgj 101-150.pdf     3.15 mb
	mdgj 151-205.pdf     3.51 mb
	mdgj covers.pdf     214 kb
ITEM #	ITEM TITLES AND .pdf links to DOWNLOAD
07-B00	The Magic Valve
	mv 1-38.pdf     3.23 mb
	mv 39-88.pdf     2.82 mb
	mv 89-139.pdf     2.57 mb
	mv cover.pdf     39 kb
08-05	The Piston Made of Air
	pma 1-50.pdf     4.28 mb
	pma 51-100.pdf     3.62 mb
	pma 101-150.pdf     4.21 mb
	pma 151-200.pdf     4.59 mb
	pma 201-249.pdf     3.23 mb
	pma cover.pdf     11 kb
09-00	Rotary Pressure Exchangers
	rpe 1-50.pdf     4.23 mb
	rpe 51-100.pdf     4.51 mb
	rpe 101-154.pdf     4.32 mb
	rpe cover.pdf     47 kb
10-05	Acoustic Power Devices
	apd 1-50.pdf     4.04 mb
	apd 51-100.pdf     4.86 mb
	apd 101-150.pdf     4.14 mb
	apd 151-200.pdf     3.14 mb
	apd 201-250.pdf     3.12 mb
	apd 251-298.pdf     2.65 mb
	apd covers.pdf     331 kb
ITEM #	ITEM TITLES AND .pdf links to DOWNLOAD
11-00	Energy Exchanges in Vibrating Fluids
	eevf 1-50.pdf     4.5 mb
	eevf 51-100.pdf     4.15 mb
	eevf 101-155.pdf     5.62 mb
	eevf covers.pdf     160 kb
12-05	Constantinesco Treatise
	cons pt I 1-50.pdf     2.41 mb
	cons pt I 51-108.pdf     3.64 mb
	cons pt II 1-50.pdf     2.93 mb
	cons pt II 51-74.pdf     1.72 mb
	cons covers.pdf     49 kb
14A-04	Air Engines (3rd Edition)
	ae 1-50.pdf     1.03 mb
	ae 51-100.pdf     1.98 mb
	ae 101-150.pdf     2.78 mb
	ae 151-200.pdf     1.96 mb
	ae 201-250.pdf     1.73 mb
	ae 251-320.pdf     2.22 mb
	ae cover.pdf     32 kb
	ae intro.pdf     852 kb
14B-00	Homemade Air Engines that Work
	haew.pdf     2.49 mb
	torkrack.dwg     374 kb     AutoCad drawing
	torkrack.pdf     168 kb
	2stage.dwg     201 kb     AutoCad drawing
	2stage.pdf     391 kb
16-95	Eskeli's Work-free Heat Pump
	eskeli 1-50.pdf     2.85 mb
	eskeli 51-100.pdf     2.83 mb
	eskeli 101-138.pdf     2.27 mb
	eskeli covers.pdf     175 kb
ITEM #	ITEM TITLES AND .pdf links to DOWNLOAD
17-00	Tesla Turbine Theory
	ttt 1-50.pdf     4.28 mb
	ttt 51-100.pdf     4.39 mb
	ttt 101-143.pdf     5.07 mb
	ttt cover.pdf     55 kb
18-95	Performance Characteristics of a Friction Disc Turbine
	beans.pdf     2.87 mb
	beans cover.pdf     19 kb
19-95	An Investigation of Multiple-disk Turbine Performance Parameters
	lawn 1-50.pdf     1.22 mb
	lawn 51-100.pdf     1.2 mb
	lawn 101-150.pdf     621 kb
	lawn 151-200.pdf     454 kb
	lawn 201-250.pdf     471 kb
	lawn 251-274.pdf     487 kb
	lawn cover.pdf     10 kb
20-95	The Design, Construction, and Investigation of a Tesla Turbine
	leaman.pdf     20.3 mb
	leaman cover.pdf     12 kb
21-95	Compressed Air (Simons)
	simons 1-50.pdf      3.26 mb
	simons 51-98.pdf     3.71 mb
	simons cover.pdf     14 kb

 

ITEM #	ITEM TITLES AND .pdf links to DOWNLOAD
22-95	Compressed Air (Hiscox)
	hscx 1-50.pdf     3.79 mb
	hscx 51-100.pdf     3.62 mb
	hscx 101-150.pdf     4.0 mb
	hscx 151-200.pdf     4.1 mb
	hscx 201-250.pdf     3.72 mb
	hscx 251-300.pdf     4.03 mb
	hscx 301-343.pdf     3.96 mb
	hiscox cover.pdf     34 kb
23-95	Compressed Air Plant
	peele 1-50.pdf     3.63 mb
	peele 51-100.pdf     4.07 mb
	peele 101-150.pdf     3.14 mb
	peele 151-200.pdf     3.58 mbt
	peele 201-250.pdf     3.63 mb
	peele 251-280.pdf     2.08 mb
	peele cover.pdf     13 kb
24-95	Air Compression and Transmission
	thork 1-50.pdf     3.42 mb
	thork 51-114.pdf     4.99 mb
	thork cover.pdf     10 kb
25-95	Compressed Air (Harris)
	harris 1-50.pdf     3.15 mb
	harris 51-71.pdf     1.58 mb
	harris cover.pdf     13 kb
26-95	Practical Treatise on Compressed Air, Rix & Chodzko
	rix 1-99.pdf     4.32 mb
	rix 100-222.pdf     5.84 mb
	rix cover.pdf     21 mb
ITEM #	ITEM TITLES AND .pdf links to DOWNLOAD
28-00	Air Car Design Manual
	acdm 1-50.pdf     2.65 mb
	acdm 51-100.pdf     2.5 mb
	acdm 101-150.pdf     3.21 mb
	acdm 151-200.pdf     4.5 mb
	acdm 201-240.pdf     2.6 mb
	acdm cover.pdf     19.7 kb
32-01	Radial Pulsation Compressor
	rpgc.pdf     17.2 mb
	radial.pdf     279 kb
	radial22.dwg     302 kb (AutoCad drawing)
	radial23.dwg       283 kb (AutoCad drawing)
33-98	Compressed Air Practice
	rich 1-50.pdf     4.25 mb
	rich 51-100.pdf     4.4 mb
	rich 101-150.pdf     4.83 mb
	rich 151-182.pdf     3.06 mb
	rich cover.pdf     11 kb
34-00	Mechanics of Vehicles
	mov.pdf     6.68 mb
	mov covers.pdf     90 kb
35-04	General Herman Haupt, Air Car Advocate
	haupt.pdf     4.06 mb
	haupt covers.pdf     965 kb
ITEM #	ITEM TITLES AND .pdf links to DOWNLOAD
36-00	Jet Pumps
	jp 1-50.pdf     6.79 mb
	jp 51-100.pdf     2.32 mb
	jp 101-150.pdf     3.30 mb
	jp 151-200.pdf     4.1 mb
	jp 201-250.pdf     4.52 mb
	jp 251-300.pdf     3.31 mb
	jp 301-340.pdf     1.29 mb
	jp cover.pdf     28 kb
39-00	Tesla Air Engine Plans
	taep.pdf     6.08 mb
	taep cover.pdf     49 kb
40-00	Cryogenic Cars
	cryo 1-50.pdf     3.56 mb
	cryo 51-88.pdf     2.59 mb
	cryo cover.pdf     25 kb
41-00	New Compressed Air Patents
	ncap.pdf     5.32 mb
	ncap cover.pdf     33 kb
42-00	Air Car Basics
	acb.pdf     631 kb
	acb cover.pdf     250 kb
45-00	Air Tanks, Composite Materials, and Impact Protection
	atcm.pdf     3.44 mb
	atcm covers.pdf     51 kb
ITEM #	ITEM TITLES AND .pdf links to DOWNLOAD
46-00	Thermoacoustic Heat Pumps
	thp.pdf     4.84 mb
	thp cover.pdf     26kb
47-00	Reheating Compressed Air
	rca.pdf     4.76 mb
	rca cover.pdf     29.0 kb
48-00	Tables of Contents for Catalog Items     toc.pdf     3.94 mb
49-00	Notable Genius in Pneumatics
	ngp.pdf     2.63 mb
	ngp covers.pdf     367 kb
50-05	Hybrid and Closed Cycle Pneumatics
	hccp 1-56.pdf     4.23 mb
	hccp 57-100.pdf     3.79 mb
	hccp 101-150.pdf     3.6 mb
	hccp 151-175.pdf     1.9 mb
	hccp cover.pdf     40 kb
51-05	Street Railway Motors
	srm 1-50.pdf     3.41 mb
	srm 51-114.pdf     4.34 mb
	srm cover.pdf     227 kb
52-05	Compressed Air Haulage, 1st Edition
	cah 1 porter 1-42.pdf     3.46 mb
	cah 2 roberts 43-83.pdf     1.5 mb
	cah cover.pdf     13 kb
53-07	Compressed Air Haulage, 2nd Edition     cah2.pdf      14 mb
54-07	Homemade Air Engines Video (DVD not downloadable) see also: 01-04 and 14B-00
	torquerack & 2 stage info.pdf     2.22 mb
	dvd cover.pdf     43 kb
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FOR DESCRIPTIONS OF THESE ITEMS, GO TO THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
OR BROWSE HERE BY TOPIC...Main topics covered by the items above:

Click on the links below to go to that section.

• Original Works by Pneumatic Options

• Air Car Research Compilations

• Unique Machinery Related to Air Car Design

• Compressed Air Textbooks

• Acoustic Power

• Tesla Turbine

 

Available on DVD (send email to inquire about availability):

• Terry Miller's Spirit of Joplin Air Car

• Pneumatic Options Engine Prototypes