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noun

Pneumatics n.

That branch of science which treats of the mechanical properties of air and other elastic fluids, as of their weight, pressure, elasticity, etc. See Mechanics.

(Philos. & Theol.) The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and men.

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Etymology of 'Pneumatics'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— No Name • Wilkie Collins

... almost as full of mystery in its physical departments as it was to its first inhabitants. Politics, poetry, rhetoric, ethics, and history had been cultivated to a great extent in previous ages; but the philosophy of the natural and material world was almost unknown. Astronomy, chemistry, optics, pneumatics, and even geography, were involved in the general darkness and error. Some of our most important sciences, such as electricity, date their origin ...

— Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II • Charles Upham