Furnace

Examples

• A recent improvement in the handling of iron from the blast furnace is shown in Fig. 255. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• We see that the source of carbon dioxide is practically inexhaustible, coming as it does from every stove, furnace, and candle, and further with every breath of a living organism. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Furnace and Ashton built a boat, which plied on the river, between Hull and Beverley, for some time, and answered exceedingly well. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The heating furnace and oil tank are served by a sixty-ton traveling crane and forty-ton jib crane. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The _hypocaust_ was a hot-air furnace built in the basement or cellar of the house and from which the heat was conducted by flues to the bath rooms and other apartments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The electric furnace, stimulated into higher heat by the dynamo than can be otherwise obtained, has brought about many valuable discoveries, and made great advances in various arts. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The furnace foreman is notified by the operator as to the temperature by means of small colored electric lights, located above the furnace. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When the process is stopped and the temporary wall in front broken down the bloom is removed with a pair of tongs from the bottom of the furnace. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Charcoal in the furnace being well ignited, ore and charcoal resting on the tray are alternately raked into the furnace. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Every day, uncontrolled fire wipes out human lives and destroys vast amounts of property; every day, fire, controlled and regulated in stove and furnace, cooks our food and warms our houses. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• A more pronounced illustration is to wet the hands in a basin of water, and then plunge them in the blast of hot, dry air coming from a furnace register. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The Chinese ages ago heated their hollow tiled floors by underground furnace fires. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is stated, that about the year 1787, experiments were made on the river Hull, by Furnace and Ashton, on the propulsion of vessels by steam power. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• He took the wood of the fence, the sticks of the vines, and hurried back with them to the furnace. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It is a clay fire-hardened furnace for smelting iron. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The forms of furnaces and means for lining and cooling the hearth and adjacent parts have received great attention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Only the most powerful electric furnaces are capable of performing this work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The heat-treating department contains about seventy-five large furnaces, which consume from 5,000 to 6,000 gallons of fuel oil per day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The 100-ton ladles are in position at the tapping side of the furnaces to receive the molten steel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The stock is delivered to the charging floor in iron boxes loaded on narrow-gauge buggies, and is charged into the furnaces by electric charging machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The early smelting furnaces of Germany resembled the Catalan, and were called the Stückofen, and in Sweden were known as the Osmund. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In heating appliances, steam and water heating systems, base burning and Latrobe stoves, hot air furnaces, gas and oil stoves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• For many years it had been a much-discussed question how to make these ores available for transportation to distant furnaces. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Among the world’s largest blast furnaces may be mentioned the Austrian Alpine Montan Gesellschaft, which concern owns thirty-two furnaces. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The raw materials for the open-hearth furnaces are received on elevated railroad tracks graded and piled preparatory to sending to the furnaces. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Well,' he said to me, 'Edison, you are doing a good thing for the Eastern furnaces. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The heated air which rises from furnaces is seldom hot enough to warm large buildings well; hence furnace heating is being largely supplanted by hot-water heating. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Coke is generally burned in the furnaces, and the heat is continually maintained so as to keep the retorts red-hot. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• This shop has a floor space of 22,000 square feet and is thoroughly equipped with the necessary hammers, presses, furnaces, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In the earlier blast furnaces a vast amount of heat was allowed to escape and was wasted. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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