bustamente furnace

noun

bu·​sta·​men·​te furnace

¦büstə¦mentē-

: a shaft furnace for roasting quicksilver ores that has aludels for condensing the vapors

called also aludel furnace

Word History

Etymology

after Juan Alonso de Bustamante, 18th century Spanish metallurgist

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