open hearth furnace
historic steel producing technology
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open hearth furnace
Summary
open hearth furnace ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (622 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Pierre-Émile Martin is named after open hearth furnace[2].
- Carl Wilhelm Siemens is named after open hearth furnace[3].
- open hearth furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace[4].
- open hearth furnace's Commons category is recorded as Open hearth furnaces[5].
- open hearth furnace's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1864[6].
- open hearth furnace's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
- open hearth furnace's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[8].
- open hearth furnace's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
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Definition and Type
open hearth furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace[4].
Origins
Things named after include Pierre-Émile Martin[2], an engineer[10], 1824–1915[11], of France[12], awarded the Officer of the Legion of Honour[13] and Carl Wilhelm Siemens[3], an engineer[14], 1823–1883[15], of Kingdom of Prussia[16], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[17].
Why It Matters
open hearth furnace ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (622 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]