Difference between revisions of "Blowpipe"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_94261" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_94261" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) A tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the flame of a lamp or candle, so as to concentrate the heat on some object. </p> <p> (2): (n.) A blowgun; a blowtube. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) [[A]] tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the flame of a lamp or candle, so as to concentrate the heat on some object. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) [[A]] blowgun; a blowtube. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69309" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69309" /> == | ||
<p> A contrivance by which a current of air is driven through a flame, and the flame directed upon some fusible substance to fuse or vitrify it. </p> | <p> [[A]] contrivance by which a current of air is driven through a flame, and the flame directed upon some fusible substance to fuse or vitrify it. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 01:22, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the flame of a lamp or candle, so as to concentrate the heat on some object.
(2): (n.) A blowgun; a blowtube.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A contrivance by which a current of air is driven through a flame, and the flame directed upon some fusible substance to fuse or vitrify it.
