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(Based on Glossary of Bridge Terminology; Chapter LXXX of J.A.L. Waddell's Bridge Engineering (New York: Wiley, 1916)) |
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A [[furnace]] mounted on [[trunnion | trunnions]] so as to be tilted in either direction and having air-blast connections through the trunnions, used for converting [[pig iron]] into [[Bessemer steel]] by a process of [[decarburization]]. | A [[furnace]] mounted on [[trunnion | trunnions]] so as to be tilted in either direction and having air-blast connections through the trunnions, used for converting [[pig iron]] into [[Bessemer steel]] by a process of [[decarburization]]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:13, 31 December 2007
mongetv A furnace mounted on trunnions so as to be tilted in either direction and having air-blast connections through the trunnions, used for converting pig iron into Bessemer steel by a process of decarburization.