refractory

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The findings were published in the International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials and are scheduled to appear in the journal's April 2026 print issue.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Refractory Lining.—The interior lining of the generator should be made of refractory clay of the best quality.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by Mathot, R. E.

The oldest Refractory was, say twenty; youngest Refractory, say sixteen. 

From The Uncommercial Traveller by Dickens, Charles

Refractory China clays should be replaced by more fusible clays or some reduction made in the amount of infusible materials.

From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.

Refractory language— and gas stopped until content. forbidden chapel until reformation.

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles