单词 | reverberatory |
释义 | reverberatoryn. 1. Metallurgy and Chemistry. A furnace in which the flames are made to pass over the substance being heated; a reverberatory furnace or kiln. Cf. reverbatory n.In a modern reverberatory furnace the combustion gases are deflected sideways so as to sweep horizontally over the charge. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > [noun] > specific types reverberatory1591 reverberator1684 1591 J. Hester tr. J. Du Chesne Spagyrike Preparation Mineralles 32 This [substance] digest in a reuerberatory being closed with hermes seale, in degrees of the fire vntill it wax white. 1651 J. French Art Distillation iii. 71 Give fire by degrees in a close reverberatory. 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Reverbitory or Reverberatory (reverbitorium), a Lymbeck, or Furnace, in which materials are calcined by the fire or flame. Paracel. 1676 Char. Quack-doctor 4 Both in Balneo Mariae, the Crusible, and the Fixatory, the Athanor, the Cucurbita, and the Reverberatory. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory ii. i. 74 Their parts cannot be elevated without a very strong impulse, which is therefore made in the reverberatory. 1784 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 193 The flames of sulphur..when suddenly exposed to the heat of a reverberatory, change their blue appearance. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 824 The fuel is laid upon a grate above an ash-pit, and below the arch of a reverberatory. 1882 Rep. Prec. Met. U.S. 219 Six reverberatories capable of roasting 30 tons of ore per day. 1914 Copper, Curb & Mining Outlook 3 June 25/3 One reverberatory which was then out of commission has been placed in operation. 1998 D. Saha & C. E. Baukal in C. E. Baukal Oxygen-enhanced Combustion vi. 195 Two furnaces of 150,000 lb (68,000 kg) capacity each..were sidewell-fed reverberatories. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > other means of ignition > focus of glass reverberatory1684 1684 R. Waller tr. Ess. Nat. Exper. Acad. del Cimento 158 Likewise Paper, and fine white Holland, when exposed flat to the Reverberatory [It. riuerbero] of a large Concave, at length Fire. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > that is fitted with a reflector reverberatory1716 reverberator1775 reflecter1782 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 335 Such Fiery-hot Reverberatories of Self-pretensions to Religion. 1790 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 163 Single reverberatories were provided, with specula of ten inches diameter, and they were supplied with still larger burners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reverberatoryadj. 1. Metallurgy and Chemistry. a. Of fire or flames: made to pass over the substance being heated, typically in a furnace or kiln. Cf. reverberating adj. 2b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > of the nature of or resembling flame > forced back (of flames) reverberate1595 reverberatory1605 reverbering1690 reverberating1694 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. sig. Z4v Thou shalt calcine, at a Reuerberatorie fire, the feces which thou reseruedst before. 1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 168 Iron must be made into a Crocus in a reverberatory fire. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Porcelain The Crucible is heated with a Reverberatory Fire. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 116 By further calcination in a reverberatory fire [it] becomes a brighter brown. 1877 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 104 206 The action of a reverberatory fire on leaden pans. 1905 L. S. Ware Beet-sugar Manuf. & Refining I. iii. viii. 514 All this mass is subsequently submitted to reverberatory fire. 2003 D. S. Landes Unbound Prometheus (ed. 2) ii. 91 By introducing a refinery hearth and sometimes also a reverberatory fire..it was possible to use coal or coke rather than charcoal. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > generating or producing heat > produced in specific way reverberatory1738 1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory i. 31 Give the Crucible a strong reverberatory Heat, till in Fusion. 1756 F. Home Exper. Bleaching 166 I have tried common charcoal, made into a paste with a third part of potashes, and kept them in a strong reverberatory heat for some hours, and yet no such caustic substance appeared. 1819 H. Busk Vestriad iv. 255 Charr'd by red reverberatory heat. 2. Metallurgy. Of a furnace or kiln: constructed so that the flames are made to pass over the substance being heated; (also) such that the charge is subjected to the action of the flames without having contact with the fuel. Cf. reverbatory adj., reverberating adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > [adjective] > types of reverbatory1594 reverberatory1613 reverberating1650 reverberated1678 downdraught1854 regenerating1858 regenerative1861 recuperative1864 reverbating1868 1613 J. Rovenzon Treat. Metallica sig. C3v The Furnaces may bee made..meerely reuerberatory. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxviii. xvii. 1112 All woods, rootes, barkes, shells of fishes, and seedes, or graines..must bee distilled by descent, or by the joyning together of vessels in a Reverberatory fornace [L. in fornace reuerberationis]. 1673 R. Boyle Of Great Efficacy v. 25 in Ess. Effluviums To melt them..is wont even in our Reverberatory Furnaces to cost the active flames a pretty deal of time. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 5 All kinds of Flints..are hard to burn except in a Reverbratory Kiln. 1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory ii. 69 Put it in a Reverberatory Furnace, or any other place where it may be surrounded with a strong Heat and Flame. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 577 The pots..are annealed during 4 or 5 days, at a red heat in a small reverberatory vault. 1884 W. H. Greenwood Steel & Iron xviii. 429 Small narrow reverberatory furnaces are sometimes employed, into which various numbers of crucibles are inserted. 1921 L. S. Austin Metall. Common Metals (ed. 5) ix. 92 A few grams are roasted in a half-hour in the muffle, and in twenty hours in a reverberatory furnace. 1938 R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students xxviii. 793 The ‘matte,’ from the Bessemer converter, is crushed and roasted in a furnace, of the reverberatory type, to reduce the amount of sulphur. 2004 G. Buenstorf Econ. of Energy & Production Process vii. 141 It utilized a coal-fired reverberatory furnace, in which the iron was heated without having direct contact with the coal, so that it was not contaminated with sulphur. 3. Of a lamp: fitted with a reflector, esp. a partial reflector that can be rotated so that at a distance the light is seen intermittently. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] faw?a1400 relusantc1400 relucentc1487 splendent1578 sparkling1590 reflecting1591 speculable1592 reflectent1644 reflective1658 reflexious1659 reflexivea1660 specular1661 reflectant1669 reverberant1733 catoptrica1774 reverberatory1790 1790 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 113 A great number of white lights, fitted for long distances, and several reverberatory lamps had been previously provided. 1844 Sailor's Mag. Jan. 157/1 That the rebuilding and alteration of the light-house..from a coal to a reverberatory light, will also be effected. 1870 Q. Jrnl. Sci. 7 454 The signals..consisted of heliotropes, reverberatory lamps, and Drummond's lights. 1914 H. T. Tallack Stanley's Surv. & Levelling Instruments (ed. 4) xvii. 546 In the great trigonometrical survey of India large reverberatory lamps were used. 1949 L. A. Brown Story of Maps ix. 260 Fixed white lights and ‘reverberatory lamps’ (blinkers) were chosen for signals on both sides of the Channel. 1992 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 46 93 Everest's ‘vase lamps’ were cheap and cheerful, yet effective alternatives to the expensive and scarce reverberatory lamps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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