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Natterer compressor was a type of
air compressionAn air compressor is a device that converts power into kinetic energy by compressing and pressurizing air, which, on command, can be released in quick bursts...
machine which was used in early experiments in making
liquid oxygenLiquid oxygen — abbreviated LOx, LOX or Lox in the aerospace, submarine and gas industries — is one of the physical forms of elemental oxygen.-Physical properties:...
(LOX) in the 1870s. A manually operated screw jack was utilized to compress air or other gases up to ~200
atmThe standard atmosphere is an international reference pressure defined as 101325 Pa and formerly used as unit of pressure. For practical purposes it has been replaced by the bar which is 105 Pa...
(~3000
psiThe pound per square inch or, more accurately, pound-force per square inch is a unit of pressure or of stress based on avoirdupois units...
).
The device was created by Johann Natterer, a student of
Adolf Martin PleischlAdolf Martin Pleischl was a chemist and medical doctor.- References :...
, for experiments creating liquid carbonic acid.