- plural of tuyère.
Example Sentences
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The gas passes from the channel through the pipe, a, into the vertical conduits, b, and is afterward disengaged through the tuyeres into the chamber.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 by Various
"Come on," said Horrocks in Raut's ear, and they went and peeped through the little glass hole behind the tuyeres, and saw the tumbled fire writhing in the pit of the blast-furnace.
From The Door in the Wall and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
These gases are used to heat the air which is forced through the tuyeres, and to make steam in boilers.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
The sides of the hearth are perforated near the bottom with arches for the tuyeres or blast pipes, and also in front for the special blast pipe and the tapping hole.
C, conductor for gases, which are subsequently used to heat the air going into the tuyeres.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
