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Categories: Chinese inventions, Ancient Roman technology, Greek inventions, Fireplaces, Ancient Greek technology

bellows Blowing machine Bag bellows bellow Bellows and Blowing Machines

A mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument WordNet 3.0

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A mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument WordNet 3.0

(used in the plural) a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument Open English WordNet

A bellows or pair of bellows is a device constructed to furnish a strong blast of air. Wikipedia

Device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. Wikipedia Disambiguation

A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. OmegaWiki

A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air. Wiktionary

When wood fires were common, so were bellows for helping start them. Wiktionary

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition