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remelting furnace [2 records]

Record 1 1996-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

Furnace for melting composing machine metal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Machine servant à fabriquer des moules ou à couler une matière fondue, pour la fonte des caractères typographiques (caractères fondeurs) ou pour la composition mécanique en caractères mobiles (fondeuse Monotype).

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Smelting (Metal Processing)
CONT

The double melting technique at Massaponax, a process only just begun in France, produced the best metal in the English-speaking world and Massaponax was the first foundry in America divorced entirely from smelting. (...) Remelting furnaces began in England on small scale about 1702 and were described by Réaumur in 1722. This furnace was an approved form of a reverberatory furnace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fusion (Transformation des métaux)

Spanish

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