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- OBJECT TYPE
- BLACKSMITH/DOUBLE-CHAMBERED
- DATE
- 1860
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0467.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BOARDS & CROSSPIECES/ LEATHER CASING/ METAL AIR PIPE OR `TUYERE', & MOUNTING PINS & HOOKS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 97.0 cm
- Width
- 70.5 cm
- Height
- 40.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools & equipment-trades
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
FOR FORCING OXYGEN INTO THE FIRE, TO MAKE IT BURN HOTTER. WHEN BOTTOM BOARD DROPS, LOWER CHAMBER IS FILLED WITH AIR THROUGH BOTTOM VALVE. WHEN BOTTOM BOARD IS LIFTED, AIR IS FORCED THROUGH UPPER VALVE TO UPPER CHAMBER AS WELL AS OUT TUYERE. BOTTOM BOARD IS THEN DROPPED, REFILLING LOWER CHAMBER, WHILE UPPER BOARD DESCENDS FORCING MORE AIR THROUGH TUYERE, & SO ON. IN THIS MANNER A CONTINOUS STREAM OF AIR IS EJECTED. - Technical
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TWO AIR CHAMBERS PROVIDED ACONTINUOUS STREAM OF AIR. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 07/31/1997 by Kevin Machan: No - Artifact appears to be complete.
- Finish
- BOARDS & CROSSPIECES WOOD UNFINISHED/ CASING BLACK LEATHER/ TUYERE & MOUNTING PINS & HOOKS METAL UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- CARVED CROSSPIECE ON TOP BOARD HAS CURVILINEAR PROFILE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Bellows, circa 1860, Artifact no. 1966.0467, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0467.001/
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