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Catalan furnace — Catalan Cat a*lan, a. Of or pertaining to Catalonia. n. A native or inhabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia. [1913 Webster] {Catalan furnace}, {Catalan forge} (Metal.), a kind of furnace for producing wrought iron directly from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Catalan — Cat a*lan, a. Of or pertaining to Catalonia. n. A native or inhabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia. [1913 Webster] {Catalan furnace}, {Catalan forge} (Metal.), a kind of furnace for producing wrought iron directly from the ore.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Catalan forge — Catalan Cat a*lan, a. Of or pertaining to Catalonia. n. A native or inhabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia. [1913 Webster] {Catalan furnace}, {Catalan forge} (Metal.), a kind of furnace for producing wrought iron directly from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
catalan forge — noun or catalan furnace Usage: usually capitalized C : a bloomery that produces wrought iron from ore and that has a siliceous bottom lined with charcoal and a tuyere inclining downwards, the front being piled with ore and the back with charcoal… … Useful english dictionary
Catalan — can refer to:* Catalan people * Catalan language * Catalan wine * An inhabitant of Catalonia * Catalan Ornithological Institute * Eugène Charles Catalan, a mathematician * Catalan solid, a concept in mathematics * Catalan number, a concept in… … Wikipedia
Catalan forge — Forge Forge (f[=o]rj), n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. ? soft, tender. Cf. {Fabric}.] 1. A place or establishment where iron or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Open hearth furnace — Engineering portal … Wikipedia
Blast furnace — A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce metals, generally iron. In a blast furnace, fuel and ore are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace, while air (sometimes with oxygen enrichment) is… … Wikipedia
osmund furnace — noun Etymology: osmund (II) : a high forge intermediate in development between the Catalan forge and the blast furnace and formerly used for making a wrought iron for wire … Useful english dictionary
Trompe — A trompe is a water powered gas compressor, commonly used before the advent of the electric powered compressor. A trompe is somewhat like an airlift pump working in reverse.Trompes were used to provide compressed air for Bloomery furnaces in… … Wikipedia
