regenerative furnace

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of regenerative furnace¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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

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

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Siemens used gas, distilled from coal and burnt in his well known regenerative furnace.

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

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