regenerative furnace

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of regenerative furnace

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various

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

From Heroes of the Telegraph by Munro, John

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 Munro, John

This is attained in the regenerative furnace of Siemens, detailed consideration of which belongs more properly to the subject of iron.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various