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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Origin of reverberatory
First recorded in 1595–1605; reverberate + -ory 1
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The crushings are then roasted in the ordinary way in a reverberatory furnace and the whole of the roastings are passed through the machine we have just described.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 by Various
The process is effected either in heaps, stalls, shaft furnaces, reverberatory furnaces or muffle furnaces.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
The crown of each cell is formed of a reverberatory firebrick arch having openings for the emission of the products of combustion.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
Query two: What causes the curious reverberatory sound like distant thunder made by the stream as it plunges into this pit—a sound suggesting subterranean caverns?
From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis
When Swansea was the centre of the copper-smelting industry in Europe, many varieties of ores from different mines were smelted in the same furnaces, and the Welsh reverberatory furnaces were used.
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
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
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
Our talk was of cyanide processes, reverberatories, pennyweights, water-jackets.
From An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay by Allen, Grant
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