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 ...

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.