open-hearth process
noun
: a process of making steel from pig iron in a reverberatory furnace equipped with a regenerator
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First Known Use
1882, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of open-hearth process was
in 1882
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“Open-hearth process.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open-hearth%20process. Accessed 23 Sep. 2023.
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