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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)

  1. (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