reverberatory
Speech parts
1. reverberatory - Noun
2. reverberatory - Adjective
Meaning
Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; reverberative.
A reverberatory furnace.
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According to his autobiography Bessemer was working with an ordinary reverberatory furnace but during a test, some pieces of pig iron were jostled off the side of the ladle, and were left above the ladle in the furnace's heat.
Both reverberatory furnace and electric furnace can be used. citation citation citation Mining and smelting main Industry Candlestick made of tin The ten largest companies produced most of the world's tin in 2007.
It was also applied to iron foundry work in the 1690s, but in this case the reverberatory furnace was known as an air furnace.
In recent centuries, reverberatory furnaces have been used.
The melt is treated in a reverberatory furnace with air, steam, and sulfur, which oxidizes the contaminants except silver, gold, and bismuth.
Use of coal in smelting started somewhat before the Industrial Revolution, based on innovations by Sir Clement Clerke and others from 1678, using coal reverberatory furnaces known as cupolas.