Puddling
['pʌdlɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puddle
(n.) The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material.
(n.) Puddle. See Puddle, n., 2.
(n.) The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in a reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities.
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Examples
- This process of puddling lasted for about an hour and a half and entailed extremely severe labour on the workman. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We have described how by Cort's puddling process tremendous labour was imposed on the workmen in stirring the molten metal by hand with rabbles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This process is called _puddling_, and consists in exposing the molten metal to an oxidizing current of flame and air. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1784 Henry Cort of England introduced the puddling process and grooved rolls. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A much more thorough and satisfactory result in the production of a pure malleable iron is thus obtained than is possible by hand puddling. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Puddling had been invented, but not successfully used before. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Henry Cort and Puddling, 1784, and its Subsequent Wonderful Value. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the process of puddling difficulty had been experienced in handling the bloom or ball after it was formed in the furnace. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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