Blowtorch (disambiguation)
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- A blowtorch, a simple heating torch, which burns fuel with ambient atmospheric air. In the UK the older, kerosene-fuelled, type was called a blowlamp.
- A cutting torch used for cutting metal, often used to mean any oxy-fuel welding and cuttingOxy-fuel welding and cuttingOxy-fuel welding and oxy-fuel cutting are processes that use fuel gases and oxygen to weld and cut metals, respectively. French engineers Edmond Fouché and Charles Picard became the first to develop oxygen-acetylene welding in 1903...
torch. - See Blowpipe (tool)Blowpipe (tool)The term blowpipe refers to one of several tools used to direct streams of gases into any of several working media.- Blowpipes for torches :...
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Other uses
- A powerful radio station, especially a clear channel broadcaster.
- Weather enthusiasts often use "blowtorch" to refer to a period of much above normal temperatures during winter
- Blowtorch (G.I. Joe)Blowtorch (G.I. Joe)Blowtorch is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's original Flamethrower and debuted in 1984.-Profile:...
, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe