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Look up: blower

  1. Blower
    Blower is slang for a braggart, or loud talker.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Blower
    USS Blower was an American Balao Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1944 which saw action during the Second World War. USS Blower was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 21 knots, carried a complement of 75 and was armed with one 4-inch gun, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-...
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  3. blower
    [n] - a device that produces a current of air
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Blower
    Used to blow steam out of the chimney creating a through draft to draw the fire through the boiler tubes. Used when the regulator is shut and when there is no exhaust steam to create the draft. Without a draft, blow-backs into the cab are likely whenever the firebox doors are opened. This situation...
    Found on http://www.dccsupplies.com/glossary.htm

  5. blower
    general term for the machine which produces the blast for a blast furnace; can be axial or radial, electric drive or steam turbine (turbo-blower) Category: Iron and steel industries • an air compressor for supplying a relatively large volume of air, under relatively high pressure Cate...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Blower
    Blow'er noun 1. One who, or that which, blows. 2. (Mech.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/69

  7. blower
    1. One who, or that which, blows. ... 2. <mechanics> A device for producing a current of air; as: A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace,...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. blower
    noun a device that produces a current of air
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. Blower
    • (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, clean...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. blower
    • a device that produces a current of air
    • a fan run by an electric motor
    • large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals

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  11. blower
    a machine designed to increase the pressure or kinetic energy of cooling air for a motor, transformer, etc
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

  12. Blower
    Blower is slang for a braggart, or loud talker.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. Blower
    the blower provides a forced draught on the fire, encouraging combustion. It consists of a hollow ring mounted either in the base of the chimney or on top of the blastpipe. Holes are drilled in the top of the blower ring, and when steam is fed into the ring, the steam jets out of the holes and up the chimney, stimulating draught.[1]
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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