A dictionary entry from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary defining 'blowing-machine' in three senses: a general air-blowing device, a hat-making machine that separates coarse hairs (kemps) from fur fibers, and part of the cotton batting machine that removes dust with a fan. The fur machine is described in detail with a cross-sectional figure (Fig. 734) showing aprons, rollers, rotating pickers, gauze screens and collection boxes.