Blowpipe Definition

blōpīp
blowpipes
noun
blowpipes
A metal tube in which a flow of gas is mixed with a controlled flow of air to concentrate the heat of a flame, used especially in the identification of minerals.
American Heritage
A metal tube used in glass blowing.
Webster's New World

Blowgun.

Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Blowpipe

Noun

Singular:
blowpipe
Plural:
blowpipes

Blowpipe Sentence Examples

  • Cronstedt placed a bulb in the centre of his blowpipe.

  • The simplest and oldest form of blowpipe is a conical brass tube, about 7 in.

  • It is infusible before the gas blowpipe, but in the oxyhydrogen flame fuses to a clear colourless glass, which has a hardness of 5 and specific gravity 2.2.

  • The local guides are going to teach us how to use the blowpipe.

  • Cadmium salts can be recognized by the brown incrustation which is formed when they are heated on charcoal in the oxidizing flame of the blowpipe; and also by the yellow precipitate formed when sulphuretted hydrogen is passed though their acidified solutions.

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