This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[AS.] A flat, round, double utensil, which by the rise and fall of the top part draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube. Useful for blowing fires, ventilating mines, and filling the pipes of an organ and some other musical instruments with wind.
 
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