A tuyere, or tuyere, is a tube, nozzle or pipe that allows air or oxygen to be blown under pressure into a furnace or hearth from bellows or a blowing engine, making the fire burn hotter and enabling the smelting, melting and forging of metal. Archaeological tuyeres survive from the Iron Age, dated to between about 770 and 515 BCE, and later tuyeres, once hot blast technology came into use, were often water-cooled. The word entered English around 1500 alongside new ironmaking methods, blast furnaces and finery forges, imported from France with French terminology; it derives from the French word for air vent, and was sometimes anglicized as tue-iron.
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Introduced When (Circa)circa 770-515 BCE (earliest archaeologically dated example, Iron Age) 1 OriginThe tuyere as a distinct English term entered use around 1500 with the introduction of the blast furnace and finery forge from France, though the device itself is far older and attested archaeologically from the Iron Age. 1 Introduced era (class) Connections
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Tuyere is used in Blacksmithing.
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Archeologists have discovered tuyeres dating from the Iron Age; one example dates from between 770 BCE and 515 BCE.
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Around the year 1500 new ironmaking techniques, including the blast furnace and finery forge, were introduced into England from France, along with the French technical terms relating to the new technology.
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Air or oxygen is injected into a hearth under pressure from bellows or a blowing engine or other devices.
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