A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1842)
Ewbank, Thomas · Tilt & Bogue · leaf 254
. According to Mr . Wilkinson , the figure is that of a goldsmith , “ blowing the fire for melting the gold, ” but from the comparative large size of the vessel , it would seem rather to be a cauldron in which the ar - ticles were picklcd . No . 99 , is the figure of a goldsmith either soldering or… … had blow - pipes “ made of copper , No . 100 . Goldsmith of Hindostan about a yard long , the ends of which were narrow , that the breath might pass more forcibly by means of the contraction , and as the fire was to be more or less ; so accordingly they used eight , ten , or twelve of these pipes…
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