Seger cones

Seger cones
Seger cones /sāˈgər or zāˈgər kōnz/
plural noun (engineering)
Small clay and oxide cones, used in furnaces to indicate the temperature reached, by softening and bending over within a particular temperature range
ORIGIN: Hermann Seger (1839–94), German chemist

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