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Reverbatory furnace

The common ore of tin is tinstone or cassiterite. Sn02, found in Cornwall and in Germany and other countries. The price of tin has risen so sharply in recent years that previously disregarded deposits in Cornwall are now being re-examined. Tin is obtained from the tin dioxide, Sn02, by reducing it with coal in a reverbatory furnace ... [Pg.167]

Equipment. The standard equipment in magnesium foundries consists of large stationary brick-lined reverbatory furnaces which can hold up to 10—15 t of molten magnesium. Reverbatory furnaces are furnaces in which heat is suppHed by burning a fuel in a space between the reactants and the... [Pg.321]

The allusions to Democritus by Vitruvius, writing a century or more before Pliny, seem to apply to the real Democritus. Vitruvius says he wrote several works on the nature of things. Seneca attributes to him the invention of the reverbatory furnace, and the art of imitating natural gems, particularly the emerald, though it is probable that here also the real Democritus is confused with the pseudo-Democritus. [Pg.26]

Reverbatory furnace A furnace or kiln in which the flame or heat is reflected from the inside surfaces onto the material being treated. [Pg.18]

Reverbatory furnaces Induction furnaces Grain handling and storage ... [Pg.411]

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