nuff oh dis stuff Brah ..
since not vanagon ..
and besides..
this is what's called splitting hairs...
calling compressed air 'nitrogen'.

my search said the bellows is the first pneumatic device.
Use one to get your vanagon campout campfire going ..
only the oxygen content does any good though.

lol.

On 3/10/2012 8:51 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> Scott, the first pneumatic device, whether tire or otherwise, used nitrogen.  It couldn't help but do so, because it contained compressed air.  mcneely
>
> ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans<scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>  wrote:
>> in tires ?
>>
>> On 3/10/2012 6:06 PM, Ben T wrote:
>>> If we're going to be really nitpicky, nitrogen was used even as early as 1887 though mixed with impurities.;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> BenT
>>> sent from my electro-pneumatic leash
>>>
>>> On Mar 10, 2012, at 5:56 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans<scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> if we are being picky ..
>>>> it's not 'by pressure' ..
>>>> it's by volume I believe.
>>>>
>>>> OK....where was nitrogen in tires first used, and by whom. ?
>>>> or at least a good early example.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/10/2012 4:05 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>>>>> ---- Craig Cowan<phishman068@GMAIL.COM>    wrote:
>>>>>> The partial pressure of nitrogen in the atmosphere is 70+ %. You aren't diluting much if you have to add a few psi.
>>>>> Actually, it is 79+%
>>>>>
>>>>>> -craig
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 10, 2012, at 5:07 PM, george jannini<georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>    wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Hell why not helium for lower rolling resistance?  Or hydrogen, even
>>>>>>> lighter.  This is my Vanagon, I've named it Hindenberg...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> George/ATL
>>>>> --
>>>>> David McNeely
>>>>>
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> David McNeely
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