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regenerative furnace
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noun
a furnace in which the incoming air is heated by regenerators.
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Origin of regenerative furnace
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby regenerative furnace
regenerate, regeneration, regenerative, regenerative braking, regenerative cooling, regenerative furnace, regenerative medicine, regenerator, Regensburg, regent, regent bowerbird
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How to use regenerative furnace in a sentence
The regenerative furnace is the greatest single invention of Charles William Siemens.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. MunroBut the furnace was destroyed in the act; and it remained for Siemens, with his regenerative furnace, to realise the object.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. MunroSiemens used gas, distilled from coal and burnt in his well known regenerative furnace.
The author had recourse to the regenerative furnace used by his brother, Friedrich, in Dresden, in manufacture of hard glass.