regenerative furnace

American  

noun

1. a furnace in which the incoming air is heated by regenerators.

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Etymology

Origin of regenerative furnace

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

The author had recourse to the regenerative furnace used by his brother, Friedrich, in Dresden, in manufacture of hard glass.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various

A diagram of a modern regenerative furnace is shown in Fig.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

The regenerative furnace is the greatest single invention of Charles William Siemens.

From Heroes of the Telegraph by Munro, John

But the furnace was destroyed in the act; and it remained for Siemens, with his regenerative furnace, to realise the object.

From Heroes of the Telegraph by Munro, John

In his regenerative furnace, as we have seen, he utilised in an ingenious way the heat which would otherwise have escaped with the products of combustion.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert