An emulsion shock is  a shock that allows the air and oil to mix; it does not utilize an internal rubber bladder. Silicone oil doesnât compress well without the help of some air to displace the space taken up by the piston when itâs moving within the shock body.
The Joy of Mechanical Force. (The Foundation of Futurism [Manifesto of Futurism, 1909], translated from the French by Eugen Weber, reprinted by permission of Dodd, Mead and Company from Paths to the Present by Eugen Weber. Copyright 1960 by Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc.)
60 years after Orwell wrote 1984 and was destroyed by the book, a chilling reminder that his sinister vision is almost reality. Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in London on Wednesday, June 8, 1949, and in New York five days later. The world was eager for it. Within 12 months, it had sold around 50,000 hardbacks in the UK; in the U.S. sales were more than one-third of a million. It became a phenomenon.