elgi compressor | ELGi https://blog.elgi.com A digital destination to share knowledge and industry insights on compressed air Wed, 09 Sep 2020 12:36:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.elgi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ELGi-favicon.jpg elgi compressor | ELGi https://blog.elgi.com 32 32 Did you know that air can make ice burp? https://blog.elgi.com/application-stories/oops-burping-iceberg/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 10:45:34 +0000 http://blog.elgi.com/?p=2534 Often sailors and submariners talk about a continuous crackling, frying sound they’ve heard close to the polar regions. It’s not a hungry sea monster but a sound made by a large volume of air bubbles emitted by a giant chunk of ice. It’s called the Bergie Seltzer.

The post Did you know that air can make ice burp? first appeared on ELGi.]]> Often sailors and submariners talk about a continuous crackling, frying sound they’ve heard close to the polar regions. It’s not a hungry sea monster but a sound made by a large volume of air bubbles emitted by a giant chunk of ice. It’s called the Bergie Seltzer.

The post Did you know that air can make ice burp? first appeared on ELGi.]]> Contour and highlight with air! https://blog.elgi.com/application-stories/contour-highlight-air/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 06:16:11 +0000 http://blog.elgi.com/?p=2273 When it comes to cosmetics, almost everyone is familiar with the concept of traditional makeup and its application using brushes, sponges or fingers. However, a lesser known technique is the airbrush makeup where cosmetics are applied using an airbrush system. The first airbrush was invented in 1879 by Abner Peeler. He used spare parts from … Continue reading Contour and highlight with air!

The post Contour and highlight with air! first appeared on ELGi.]]> When it comes to cosmetics, almost everyone is familiar with the concept of traditional makeup and its application using brushes, sponges or fingers. However, a lesser known technique is the airbrush makeup where cosmetics are applied using an airbrush system.

The first airbrush was invented in 1879 by Abner Peeler. He used spare parts from a jeweller’s workshop and called it the ‘paint distributor’. Later, his wife, Phoebe renamed it as an airbrush. Four years later, a company by the name of Liberty Walkup began marketing Peeler’s invention. In 1893, Thayer and Chandler Art Materials presented the first modern airbrush at the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The device resembled the body of a pen and operated a lot like the modern airbrushes today.

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