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• Furnace — For other uses, see Furnace (disambiguation). Industrial Furnace from 1907 A furnace is a device used for heating. The name derives from Latin fornax, oven. In American English and Canadian English, the term furnace on its own is generally used… …   Wikipedia

• furnace — Hydrocarbon Hy dro*car bon, n. [Hydro , 2 + carbon.] (Chem.) A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives. [1913 Webster] {Hydrocarbon burner}, {furnace}, {stove}, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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

• Tank car — Modern tank cars carry all types of liquid and gaseous commodites. A tank car (UIC: tank wagon) is a type of railroad (UIC: railway) rolling stock designed to transport liquid and gaseous commodities. Contents …   Wikipedia

• skip car — an open car for charging a blast furnace. Also called skip. * * * skip car, 1. a car used in iron and steelmaking to carry coke, iron ore, and limestone on a track up an incline or ramp to be deposited into a blast furnace. 2. = skip3 (def. 1).… …   Useful english dictionary

• Steam car — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ladle car — ladle car, a car into which molten iron is poured from a furnace …   Useful english dictionary

• skip car — an open car for charging a blast furnace. Also called skip. * * * …   Universalium

• skip car — noun A small cart used to carry iron ore, coke, or limestone, inside a blast furnace. It travels through the furnaces on a skip hoist …   Wiktionary

• List of boiler types, by manufacturer — There have been a vast number of designs of steam boiler, particularly towards the end of the 19th century when the technology was evolving rapidly. A great many of these took the names of their originators or primary manufacturers, rather than a …   Wikipedia

• steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …   Universalium