induction furnace
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of induction furnace
First recorded in 1905–10
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The basic principle of an induction furnace was the evolution of heat in the material it was desired to melt, instead of merely in a container for the stuff that was to be melted.
From Long Ago, Far Away by Murray Leinster
Any conductor in its path behaved precisely as it would in the Ajax-Northrup induction furnace, which can boil platinum in ten seconds!
From Skylark Three by Hans Waldemar Wessolowski
When a radar detected a missile or an enemy plane, the broadcast said carefully, an induction furnace of the new type was turned upon the plane or missile.
From Long Ago, Far Away by Murray Leinster
Suddenly they had joined hands and were dancing idiotically around the induction furnace.
From Security by Poul William Anderson
Through heavy goggles he watched the incandescent mass in a refractory crucible, in the heart of the induction furnace.
From Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
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