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Machinery > Hydro-aeolian trompes

Preferred term

Hydro-aeolian trompes  

Definition

  • Devices which provided a blast of wet air suitable to feed the tuyères [nozzles] of pyro-metallurgical plants, Italy, to 19th c.; used instead of water-wheel driven bellows [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~salter/arch-metals/abs.htm]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Trompes, hydro-aeolian

Notation

  • 121008

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-F83P7G80-W

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