reverberatory furnace

noun

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

The operation is carried on in a reverberatory furnace or in a kettle.

The refining of this black copper is performed in a kind of reverberatory furnace.

The alloy of 60 of copper with 40 of tin was next calcined in the same reverberatory furnace, but with stirring of the mass.

But this mode of refinery, consisting in the use of a reverberatory furnace alone, did not produce altogether the desired result.

Reduction in the reverberatory furnace, of the litharge obtained in the refining of lead.

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