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Bellows, Chinese
Date Published
: tool / device / utensil
: Mining (tin), Mining (gold fields)
: Central Goldfields (Vic)
: Ararat
: c.1900
: Mining (tin), Mining (gold fields)
: Central Goldfields (Vic)
: Ararat
: c.1900
Chinese bellows
Image Courtesy of: Ararat Historical Musuem
A Chinese double-acting piston bellows, made from a hollow wooden chamber—possibly a hollowed log—and used to provide a continuous air blast for a forge or furnace.
Chinese bellow description
Image Courtesy of: Ararat Historical Musuem
Description of a similar bellow in Straits Settlement tin mine
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Thematic Essay
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