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1Cupola furnace — A cupola furnace in operation at Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan A Cupola or Cupola furnace is a melting device used in foundries that can be used to melt cast iron, ni resist iron and some bronzes. The cupola can be made almost any… …
2Electric arc furnace — An electric arc furnace (EAF) is a furnace that heats charged material by means of an electric arc. Arc furnaces range in size from small units of approximately one ton capacity (used in foundries for producing cast iron products) up to about 400 …
3Steam cylinder — Steam Steam (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[ a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The… …
4Shaft furnace — Shaft Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape} …
5Flatting furnace — Flatting Flat ting, n. 1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of glass by opening it out. [1913 Webster] 2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. Gwilt. [1913… …
6technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
7Georges Creek Railroad — The Georges Creek Railroad was a railroad operated by the Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company. The railroad operated from 1853 to 1863 when the railroad was absorbed into the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad.The Georges Creek Coal Iron… …
8Lonaconing, Maryland — Infobox Settlement official name = Lonaconing, Maryland settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location of Lonaconing, Maryland mapsize1 =… …
9Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company — The Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company is a defunct coal mining, iron producer and railroad company that operated in Maryland from 1835 to 1863FormationThe GCC I was formed in 1835, and chartered in the State of Maryland on March 29,… …
10petroleum refining — Introduction conversion of crude oil into useful products. History Distillation of kerosene and naphtha The refining of crude petroleum owes its origin to the successful drilling of the first oil well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Prior to… …
