This section is from the book "Experimental Glass Blowing For Boys", by Carleton J. Lynde. Also available from Amazon: Experimental Glass Blowing for Boys.
Take a full-length piece of No. 4 tube and flare both ends slightly. This is the air gun (Fig. 37).
Now to make an arrow, cut off the lighting end of a match and insert a pin in the other end (Fig. 38).
Fig. 37. An Air Gun
The Arrow Is Shot Pin-End First
Insert this arrow in the air gun and blow it out Does it come out with considerable speed?
 
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