Heffian BELLOWS are a contrivance for driving air into a mine for the respiration of the miners. This M. Papin improved, changing its cylindrical form into a spiral one; and with this, working it only with his foot, he could make wind to raise a two pound weight.
Heffian BELLOWS
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