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OBJECT TYPE: BLACKSMITH/DOUBLE-CHAMBERED
DATE: 1860
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0467.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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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: 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://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0467.001/

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