| 单词 | cupola-furnace |
| 释义 | > as lemmascupola-furnace cupola-furnace n. (see 2). ΚΠ 1837 W. Jenkins Ohio Gazetteer 55 In a circle of five miles,..there are 11 stores, 2 cupola furnaces, two oil mills. 1849 E. Chamberlain Indiana Gazetteer 319 It contains two large blast furnaces, two cupola furnaces, one forge. cupola-furnace 2. Mechanics. (In full cupola-furnace.) A furnace for melting metals for casting; so called from a cupola or dome leading to the chimney, which is now frequently absent. Also, a furnace for heating shot to be fired at inflammable objects.Now called at Sheffield, etc. cupelow, cupilo: cf. modern French cubilot, apparently from English workmen. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > types of furnace by shape philosophers' tower1688 cupola-furnace1716 ring furnace1842 shaft-furnace1874 stack-furnace1877 1716 London Gaz. No. 5425/9 The Lease for the Cupilo, or Copper-Works, at Lower Redbrooke. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 342 The casting or smelting-house, furnished with cupola blast furnaces for the smelting of iron. 1861 Times 23 July Cupolas for melting the iron for filling Martin's liquid shells..The cupola consists of a cylindrical shell of wrought-iron, lined with fire-brick, having a blast fan attached. 1885 Law Times Rep. 52 738/1 They had erected a number of cupola and other furnaces. < as lemmas |
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