Unlike electric motors, pneumatic and hydraulic machines don't use any electricity at the point where work is being done, so there's less risk of a spark or gas explosion (a very important consideration in places like underground mines). Also, unlike electric motors, both are self-cooling (...
During the Restoration and throughout the 18th century, traditional pastimes such as stick fighting and bullbaiting, which the Puritans had condemned and driven underground, gave way to organized games such as cricket, which developed under the leadership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (founded 1787...