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Lefkasbestos

Mining; General mining

A bleached-white variety of asbestiform chrysotile from Mt. Troodos, Cyprus.

Cinder block

Mining; General mining

A block closing the front of a blast furnace and containing the cinder notch.

Oxyhydrogen blowpipe

Mining; General mining

A blowpipe in which hydrogen is burned in oxygen. Streams of the two gases in the proportion to form water are forced under pressure from separate reservoirs, and issue together from a jet, igniting ...

Cogging mill

Mining; General mining

A blooming mill, usually consisting of a two-high reversing mill with two rolls, 0.6 to 1.2 m in diameter, between which a hot ingot is reduced to blooms or slabs.

Oreing down

Mining; General mining

A blocking operation in which ore is added to an open-hearth bath to oxidise the bath and to further reduce the carbon.

Carbonet

Mining; General mining

A block of compressed coal dust, used as fuel; also, a slab or block of artificial stone. Also spelled briquet.

Boulet

Mining; General mining

A block of compressed coal dust, used as fuel; also, a slab or block of artificial stone. Also spelled briquet.

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