reverberatory
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characterized or produced by reverberation.
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noting a furnace, kiln, or the like in which the fuel is not in direct contact with the ore, metal, etc., to be heated, but furnishes a flame that plays over the material, especially by being deflected downward from the roof.
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deflected, as flame.
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reverberatories
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Origin of reverberatory
First recorded in 1595–1605; reverberate + -ory 1
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Blake’s and Brunton’s furnaces are reverberatory furnaces with a movable bed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
According to the purposes to which they are applied, reverberatory furnaces may be classed into two groups, namely, fusion or melting furnaces, and calcining or wasting furnaces, also called calciners.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
This may be effected in crucibles, or, still better, in reverberatory furnaces, where a large quantity may be melted more conveniently.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by L. Arnoux
For a length of 1,240 feet we perceive on one side a series of rolling machines, and on the other a row of reverberatory furnaces that occasionally give out a dazzling light.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 by Various
The intention of the dome is to oblige the flame and heat to surround and strike back or reverberate upon every part of the retort, whence the furnace gets the name of reverberatory.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier
Richard Pearce’s reverberatories in 1878 had an area of hearth of 15 ft. by 9 ft.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
In Butte, Montana, reverberatories have in the past been preferred to cupola furnaces, as the charge has consisted mainly of fine roasted concentrates; but the cupola is gaining ground there.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
Our talk was of cyanide processes, reverberatories, pennyweights, water-jackets.
From An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay by Grant Allen
Now both these and the egg-shaped reverberatories are being abandoned for furnaces as long as 43 ft.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
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