Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A building or set of buildings in which the business of smelting ore is carried on. Compare
smelter , 2.
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Examples
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It was found necessary to establish the smelting-works in Mambulao, so he obtained a licence to erect another fort there on the same conditions, and this fort was named "San Cárlos."
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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Citadel -- as we found the enclosure about the smelting-works was called -- where comfortable quarters had been provided for us in the same building wherein the Council was housed.
The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier
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In late years large smelting-works have been opened in Spain, with Spanish capital and management, while at Bilbao are large iron-works for the manufacture of steel rails.
Spanish Life in Town and Country L. Higgin
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He thinks, too, that all these nice people are perpetually looking down upon the aforesaid smelting-works, and praising the Three Great Persons for making them.
Lord of the World Robert Hugh Benson 1892
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David was enlisted by the employers of labour, the farmers, chemical works, mining and smelting-works managers, squires, and postmasters to restore order.
Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892
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It seemed to him that a fort and a town could be well placed there; but in the pure frosty air of that ancient forest, untenanted save by wild beasts, there was no foreshadowing of the grimy smoke and roar, the flaring smelting-works, the crowded and eager population of the Pittsburgh that was to be.
The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Julian Hawthorne 1890
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Night and Sunday labor in mines, smelting-works, rolling-mills, and dockyards is entirely forbidden, nor can married women work more than ten hours a day.
Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future Helen Campbell 1878
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The employment of highly dried peat is consequently practicable only for smelting-works, locomotives, and manufacturing establishments, where it may be consumed as fast as it is produced.
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Page 290 ships and mills; by establishing manufactories, opening mines, and setting up smelting-works and foundries.
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy 1856
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Of the population of Swansea, about one-fourth are dependent on the smelting-works; and of these, about 3500 are directly engaged in the business.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 Various 1841
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