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Almond-furnace
ALMOND-FURNACE
, among refiners, is a furnace in which the slags of litharge, left in refining silver, are reduced to lead, by the help of charcoal; that is, according to modern chimistry, in which the oxyd of lead is deoxydized, and the metal revived.Definition 2024
almond-furnace
almond-furnace
See also: almond furnace
English
Noun
almond-furnace (plural almond-furnaces)
- (metallurgy) A furnace in which slags of litharge left in refining silver are reduced to lead by being heated with charcoal.
References
- almond-furnace in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911