In 1759 Ferguson was appointed professor of natural philosophy in the university of Edinburgh, and in 1764 was transferred to the chair of "pneumatics" (mental philosophy) "and moral philosophy."
Ctesibius of Alexandria, Hero and others, founded the science of pneumatics on observations on the physical properties of air.
His leisure was devoted to scientific pursuits, especially in pneumatics.
The study of the physical properties of fluids in general constitutes the science of hydromechanics, and their applications in the arts is termed hydraulics; the special science dealing with the physical properties of gases is named pneumatics.
The activities of the CD rom include pneumatics that I didn't cover in the classes.
