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Definition of Blowpipe
1. Noun. A tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat.
2. Noun. A tube through which darts can be shot by blowing.
Definition of Blowpipe
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.
Definition of Blowpipe
1. Noun. (chemistry) a narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture ¹
2. Noun. a weapon through which darts may be shot by blowing; a blowgun ¹
3. Noun. (glassblowing) a long narrow pipe, rotated in the hands, upon which glassware is blown ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blowpipe
1. a blowgun [n -S] - See also: blowgun
Medical Definition of Blowpipe
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1. 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.
It is called a mouth blowpipe when used with the mouth; but for both chemical and industrial purposes, it is often worked by a bellows or other contrivance. The common mouth blowpipe is a tapering tube with a very small orifice at the end to be inserted in the flame. The oxyhydrogen blowpipe, invented by Dr. Hare in 1801, is an instrument in which oxygen and hydrogen, taken from separate reservoirs, in the proportions of two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen, are burned in a jet, under pressure. It gives a heat that will consume the diamond, fuse platinum, and dissipate in vapor, or in gaseous forms, most known substances.
2. A blowgun; a blowtube.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blowpipe
Literary usage of Blowpipe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"Cleaning rod of blowpipe : L 32. Inner tube of blowpipe : В ... Joint of outer
case of blowpipe : J 7. Longer part of inner tube of blowpipe : M 20. ..."
2. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Study of Minerals and Crystals by Edward Henry Kraus, Walter Fred Hunt (1920)
"The ease with which many blowpipe tests are obtained and the small amount of ...
APPARATUS blowpipe.—The best type consists of a brass or nickel plated, ..."
3. Introduction to the Study of Minerals: A Combined Textbook and Pocket Manual by Austin Flint Rogers (1912)
"APPARATUS USED IN blowpipe ANALYSIS blowpipe. The blowpipe is made in a ...
The simplest blowpipe is a brass tube about 10 inches long bent at one end. ..."
4. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1828)
"The utility of the mouth blowpipe will be manifested in several ... The mouth
blowpipe is of great service in assaying minute portions of matter, ..."
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