reverberatory furnace
Americannoun
noun
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The ore is under better control than is possible with the continuous feed and discharge, and when sufficiently roasted can be passed red-hot to the reverberatory furnace.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
He is built of the same kind of matter as the earth and other planets, but is hotter than the hottest electric arc or reverberatory furnace.
From A Trip to Venus by Munro, John
We happened to visit the melting-house one evening, while silver and lead were being separated by oxidizing the lead in a reverberatory furnace.
From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Tylor, Edward Burnett
The calcination, or roasting, is conducted at a low temperature in some form of reverberatory furnace.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
The first apparatus, a reverberatory furnace burning wood, was found to be entirely insufficient, and was replaced by a chamber of combustion filled with incandescent gas, much more elaborate in construction.
From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by Walton, William
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