| 单词 | blowpipe character |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblowpipe character a. A tube through which a current of air (or other gas) is blown into a flame to increase the heat, for the purpose of fusing metals, etc.; especially employed in chemical experiments, analysis, etc. (Hence, often attributive, as in blowpipe analysis, blowpipe character, blowpipe flame.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > device for producing blast of air > pipe pluff1525 blowpipe1685 windpipe1688 phukni1959 1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion iv. 36 A small crooked pipe of metal or glass, such as Tradesmen..call a Blow-pipe. 1769 S. Douglas in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 185 The flame of a candle was directed to it by means of a blow-pipe. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vi. 172 These great masses are made up of watch-glassfuls, and blowpipe-beads. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) Introd. 20 Physical and Blowpipe characters. 1879 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 616 A blowpipe flame of great power. < as lemmas |
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