This article was originally published with the title “ Best's Patent Reverberatory Furnace ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 44 (July 1853), p. 345 doi:10.1038 ...

AT a meeting of the Newcomen Society held on January 17, Mr. Rhys Jenkins read a paper on “The Reverberatory Furnace with Coal Fuel, 1612–1712”. The term reverberatory, he said, came from ...

The concentrate and flux, called a "charge," is banked along each side wall of the reverberatory furnace - which is heated to 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Nirayama Reverberatory Furnaces are well-preserved iron smelting facilities on the Izu Peninsula. These are the only surviving reverberatory furnaces actually used to melt cast iron in the world.

The tiny breakdown in silver could lead to big moves. Silver price broke below its rising support line based on the April and May lows, and it looks like the breakout will hold this time.