Translation of "Swivel" to English language:
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| Depois de atingir a pressão desejada, uma válvula conectando o tanque ao swivel era aberta e a mistura era descarregada pela sua extremidade, pegando fogo na boca a partir de alguma fonte de calor. | After it had reached the proper pressure, a valve connecting the tank with the swivel was opened and the mixture was discharged from its end, being ignited at its mouth by some source of flame. |
| Com base nessas descrições e em fontes bizantinas, John Haldon e Maurice Byrne projetaram um aparato hipotético consistindo de três componentes principais uma bomba de bronze, que era usada para pressurizar o óleo um braseiro, usado para aquecer o óleo (πρόπυρον, propyron , pré aquecedor ) e o bocal, que era revestido de bronze e montado em um swivel , ou suporte giratório (στρεπτόν, strepton ). | Based on these descriptions and the Byzantine sources, John Haldon and Maurice Byrne designed a hypothetical apparatus as consisting of three main components a bronze pump, which was used to pressurize the oil a brazier, used to heat the oil (πρόπυρον, propyron , pre heater ) and the nozzle, which was covered in bronze and mounted on a swivel (στρεπτόν, strepton ). |
