reverberatory furnace

American  

noun

1. see reverberatory.

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reverberatory furnace British  

noun

1. a metallurgical furnace having a curved roof that deflects heat onto the charge so that the fuel is not in direct contact with the ore

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Example Sentences

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

Here the sulphate, if it existed in the alkali, is decomposed by the silicic acid, and the sulphuric acid passes off through the flues of the reverberatory furnace.

From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.

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

There are several modifications of the reverberatory furnace in use, designed mechanically to effect the rabbling.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)