| 单词 | retort bench |
| 释义 | > as lemmasretort bench d. More fully retort bench. In the manufacture of coal gas: a furnace or oven (and its surrounding structure) that contains a set of retorts; (also) a set of such retorts. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > vessels > for producing gas > ledge for bench1825 1825 Glasgow Mechanics' Mag. 9 Apr. 135/1 The most convenient and economical method of building up retorts, is that of a double bench, formed in a rectilinear line, having all the furnaces on one side... The form of the retort-house must be regulated by the form of the benches. 1837 Pract. Masonry ii. viii. 141 These binders serve to secure a large cast-iron plate..used for the purpose of preventing the walls of the retort-benches from protruding, by means of the excessive heat. 1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 100/2 The works are laid out in eight distinct sections of ten ‘benches’, or thirty retorts each. 1920 Conquest May 320/3 In a large retort-house the settings are built in benches containing as many as 150 ‘through’ retorts. 1958 Gas Jrnl. 1 Jan. 33/1 In 1934, the output of the Pontypool undertaking was approximately 120 mill. cu. ft. per annum, produced in a bench of stop ended horizontal retorts at Clarence Street Works, Pontypool. 2016 M. Abbott Econ. Gas Supply Industr. iii. 53 Manufactured coal gas that came directly from the retort-bench was a noxious collection of chemicals, and removal of the most dangerous components was necessary. < as lemmas |
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