Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A simple form of furnace and muffle for heating metals in cupels.
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Examples
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His reward for this achievement was the permission, which was immediately granted him by the manager, to make use of his own assay-furnace, in which he thenceforward continued his investigations, at the same time that he instructed the manager's son in the art of assaying.
Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863
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His reward for this achievement was the permission, which was immediately granted him by the manager, to make use of his own assay-furnace, in which he thenceforward continued his investigations, at the same time that he instructed the manager's son in the art of assaying.
Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Samuel Smiles 1858
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