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Re:A centrifugal spin on a 500-year-old air compressor design by labcomputer on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @02:28AM (#27114859)
Ah yup. I was misremembering what a tromp was--I was thinking one of those cyclic pumps that uses water hammer (but to compress air rather than pump water).
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