MCDOUGALL FURNACE


Meaning of MCDOUGALL FURNACE in English

mə̇kˈdügəl- noun

Usage: usually capitalized M&D

Etymology: after McDougall, 19th century British engineer

: a roasting furnace consisting of a vertical cylindrical shaft containing several superposed hearths over which ore entering at the top is made to pass consecutively by mechanical rabbles rotating around a central shaft

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