Definición

• Spanish: Muffle furnace. Historically, a furnace designed to keep flying ash, gases and other combustion products away from the molten metal, quite important in a mint. It was replaced in the 1900s by electric furnaces. Also called a retort furnace, a small furnace inside a larger one used to reconcentrate the heat. Such a device was used in the Spanish colonial mints and royal treasuries in the 1700s.

Fuente

• Numiscadero Spanish to English Glossary (Gary Beals)

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