- Look up
blowpipe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Blowpipe may
refer to:
Blowpipe (missile), a man-portable surface-to-air
missile Blowgun (also called...
- The
Shorts Blowpipe is a man-portable (MANPADS) surface-to-air
missile that was in use with the
British Army and
Royal Marines from 1975 to 1985. It also...
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start and
stoke fires.
Blowpipes are straight, tube-like
tools primarily used to
direct oxygen to
boost a
wooden fire.
Blowpipes have been in use for hundreds...
- the
ancient free-blowing
technique by
using clay
blowpipes. The
result proved that
short clay
blowpipes of
about 30–60 cm (12–24 in)
facilitate free-blowing...
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Javelin GL was
hastily purchased by the
Canadian Forces to
replace the
Blowpipes that
failed last-minute
tests during preparations for the
deployment to...
- to
catch fish.
Poison dart
frogs have been used to
poison the tips of
blowpipe darts. A wide
variety of
animals are kept as pets, from
invertebrates such...
- oxy-hydrogen
blowpipe were laid down by Carl
Wilhelm Scheele and
Joseph Priestley around the last
quarter of the
eighteenth century. The oxy-hydrogen
blowpipe itself...
- by
either drilling a hole or by blocking. In the
Republic of Ireland,
blowpipes (blow guns) are
classified as
illegal offensive weapons. In the U.S. state...
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Cronstedt is
considered a
founder of
modern mineralogy, for
introducing the
blowpipe as a tool for mineralogists, and for
proposing that the
mineral kingdom...
- Islands. He also
mentioned that
these people use
weapons consisting of
blowpipes, spears, and
bronze ombard.
During his stay in the area, he witnessed...