2. Verb. (third-person singular of muffle) ¹
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Definition of Muffles
1. muffle [v] - See also: muffle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muffles
Literary usage of Muffles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Metallurgy by Carl Schnabel (1907)
"ZINC DISTILLATION IN muffles, OR THE SILESIAN PROCESS This form of ... As has
been stated above, the muffles are generally 26 inches high in the clear, ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1868)
"The furnaces used in this method are so constructed as to conduct the flame round
the muffles, and then beneath the furnace into a flue which communicates ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Sir William Crookes, Bruno Kerl, Ernst Otto Röhring (1868)
"The furnaces used in this method are so constructed as to conduct the flame round
the muffles, and then beneath the furnace into a flue which communicates ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The former employs muffles, and, according as the flame outside of the muffles is
... Such a furnace may contain 20 to 26 muffles, averaging 8 ft. ..."
5. Chemical Handicraft: A Classified and Descriptive Catalogue of Chemical by John Joseph Griffin (1877)
"Fireclay, prepared, in powder, requisite for fixing the muffles in the door of
the furnace ... Orders for muffles should state the external length, breadth, ..."
6. The Metallurgy of Zinc and Cadmium by Walter Renton Ingalls (1903)
"The distillation chamber contained 24 muffles and the fireplace abutted one of the
... The products of combustion passed through flues over the muffles into ..."
7. Elements of Metallurgy: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Extracting Metals by John Arthur Phillips (1887)
"A new furnace requires first to be air-dried for several days, and then heated
by a gentle fire ; after some time the muffles are placed in position, ..."
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