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BLOW PIPE [4 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
DEF

A long narrow tube through which darts or pellets may be blown.

Key term(s)
  • blow gun
  • blow pipe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Tube creux servant à lancer de petits projectiles, par la force du souffle.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ornamental Glassware
  • Glass Industry
DEF

The hollow iron tube used to take a gathering of molten glass from the pot and then to shape it by blowing the mass (parison) into a bubble.

CONT

A blow pipe (also called a blowing iron or rod) is an iron or steel tube four to six feet long with a tapered end or nose of heatproof alloy.

OBS

The smaller end is rounded slightly to fit the glassblower's mouth, and the larger end bulges slightly to help hold the gather of molten glass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verrerie d'art
  • Industrie du verre
DEF

Instrument essentiel du verrier, constitué par une tige métallique creuse à l'aide de laquelle il cueille et souffle le verre.

OBS

Le Harrap's New Standard French and English Dictionary donne aussi comme équivalent sarbacane.

Key term(s)
  • canne à souffler

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
CONT

The blow pipe was the first burner to produce a blue flame and, therefore, any great heat intensity. The blue flame was produced by blowing primary air into the base of the flame. The modern blow pipe accomplishes this same thing by blowing compressed air in the same end that the gas enters. The gas and air is thus mixed in the pipe as in the burners in modern day furnaces.

Key term(s)
  • blowpipe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
CONT

(...) le brûleur "pipe" possède une tête analogue à un foyer de pipe avec couvercle, à la jointure duquel se trouvent une ou deux rangées d'orifices, qui, dans ce dernier cas, ne sont pas sur le même plan et présentent une disposition alternée.

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anesthesia and Recovery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anesthésie et réanimation

Spanish

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