recuperative furnace

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a furnace having its incoming air heated by exhaust gases, the passage of air and gases through the furnace being always in the same direction.

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How to use recuperative furnace in a sentence

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The family is the great fiery furnace in which people are forged.
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Scott had recently finished shooting the drama Out of the Furnace, starring Christian Bale.
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He shall give his mind to finish the glazing, and his watching to make clean the furnace.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Such a furnace worked there for many years, until copper smelting was removed from Cornwall to Wales.
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It is therefore uncertain from these statements which furnace consumes the greater quantity of air.
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A few pails of water, put into the furnace in the morning, is sufficient for a day's work.
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The furnace where the Khamsîn brewed in distant Nubia sent its warnings in advance; it was slowly travelling northward.
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