air blast

noun

1. a jet of air produced mechanically.

Word History and Origins

Origin of air blast¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The air blast, moreover, by being diffused round the glass of the condenser apparatus, would somewhat mask the appearances.

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Either of the two systems can be operated under pressure with an air-blast, in which case a gas-holder and bell must be employed.

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It is customary to convey the air-blast through a pipe leading to the ash-pit, as in the Winterthur apparatus (Fig. 92).

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The same old tuyer iron receives the air blast from the same old style leather bellows, and there is nothing more satisfactory.

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An air-blast is injected through the molten mass, and the impurities are burnt, or oxidised as it is chemically termed.

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