单词 | blast furnace |
释义 | blast furnacen. A furnace in which a blast of air is used; spec. the common furnace for iron-smelting, into which a blast of compressed and highly heated air is driven by a blowing-engine. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > types of furnace by method of operation lamp-furnace1651 wind-furnace1651 reverbatory1656 blast furnace1706 revolver1879 run-out1881 flame-furnace1888 producer1890 resistance furnace1897 induction furnace1907 suction plant1909 high-frequency induction furnace1918 solar furnace1924 roller hearth furnace1927 1706 London Gaz. No. 4241/2 A new Invention of Smelting..of Black Tin-Ore into White Tin..in a Blast Furnace. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. 94 The wind-furnace may generally be replaced with advantage by the blast-furnace. 1860 W. Fordyce Hist. Coal 116 The blast furnace consists of two truncated cones, united at their bases. 1877 Practical Mag. VII. 248 (title) The utilization of blast furnace slag. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 601/2 (heading) Blast-furnace gases. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 19 July 8/2 The blast-furnacemen at Workington. 1930 Engineering 17 Jan. 68/1 Mortar, with the exception of blast-furnace cement, ceased to change in strength. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1706 |
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