They consisted of a leather bag, secured and fitted into a frame, from which a long pipe extended, for carrying the wind to the fire. They were worked by the feet, the operator standing upon them, with one under each foot, and pressing them alternately,... The Ancient Egyptian Culture Revealed - Page 240by Moustafa Gadalla - 2007 - 319 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| William Smith - Bible - 1898 - 1070 pages
...Wilkinson, Anc. Egypt, iii. 338. " They con•isted," he says, " oí' a leather, secured and fitted into i frame, from which a long pipe extended for carrying the wind to the fire. They were worked by the feet, the operator standing upon them, with one under each foot, and pressing... | |
| James Hastings - Bible - 1901 - 906 pages
...ancient Egypt is given by Wilkinson in \\isAnc.Egy)>. (1854) ii. 316. The bellows there figured consist of 'a leather bag, secured and fitted into a frame, from which a large pipe extended for carrying the wind to the fire. They [the bellows] were worked by the feet,... | |
| William Coleman Piercy - Bible - 1909 - 1102 pages
...construction, may be found in Wilkinson, Anc, Egypt. Hi. 338. " They consisted," he says, " of a leather, secured and fitted into a frame, from which a long pipe extended for carrying the wind to the fire. They were worked by the feet, the operator standing upon them, with EGYPTIAN BELLOWS. |F. Caillmrd.... | |
| Bp. Samuel Fallows, Andrew Constantinides Zenos - Bible - 1910 - 684 pages
...the name of Thothmes III. They consisted of \ leathern bag, secured and fitted into a frame, front which a long pipe extended for carrying the wind to the fire. They were worked by the feet, the operator standing upon them with one under each foot and pressing... | |
| Moustafa Gadalla - Bible - 1999 - 356 pages
...years ago. • The Egyptians invented the bellow, one of which is represented in the tomb of Twthomosis III. It consisted of a leather bag; secured and fitted...unattended, they did not deflate; and, this would imply a knowledge of the valve, • The siphons were also invented in Egypt, at least during the reign... | |
| Arnold Danvers Power - Bible - 1932 - 492 pages
...Egypt is given by Wilkinson in his Ancient Egypt (1854), ii. 316. The bellows there figured consist of 'a leather bag, secured and fitted into a frame, from which a large pipe extended for carrying the wind to the fire. They [the bellows] were worked by the feet,... | |
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