tuyère
noun
an opening through which the blast of air enters a blast furnace, cupola, forge, or the like, to facilitate combustion.
tuyer
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a variation of
tuyère.
Example Sentences
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Very little of the coal is consumed between the boshes and in the upper part of the hearth; the principal consumption of it taking place in the immediate neighborhood of the tuyer.
From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Rufus Porter
The changes that take place in the ascending mass, composed of air and its hygrometric moisture, thrown in at the tuyer.
From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Rufus Porter
From the commencement of the boshes down to the tuyer, the reduction of the ore is completed.
From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Rufus Porter
This concludes the changes which the ore, coal and flux, undergo, from the mouth of the furnace to the tuyer.
From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Rufus Porter
