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step grate en · NOUN
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A form of grate for holding fuel, in which the bars rise above one another in the manner of steps.
These are modifications of the Siemens regenerative furnace, but differ from it in having the gas generator directly alongside of the melting chamber instead of at a distance. The coal is burned on the ordinary step-grate to carbon-monoxide gas which passes while still hot directly to the combustion area.
1893 March 14, Charles Hanford Henderson, “The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: The Glass Industry II”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 42:
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