regenerative furnace
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of regenerative furnace
First recorded in 1860–65
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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 Robert Cochrane
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 John Munro
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 Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
Siemens used gas, distilled from coal and burnt in his well known regenerative furnace.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 by Various
The regenerative furnace is the greatest single invention of Charles William Siemens.
From Heroes of the Telegraph by John Munro
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