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A process in iron-working in which pig iron reduced in a blast furnace is smelted in a refining furnace in order to separate the silicon slag from the iron.

Refining is basically a form of fining. The process which Johann Conrad Fischer observed in the Gibbon ironworks is actually a preparatory step.

Traveljournal 1814

  • Leuchs, Johann Carl: Allgemeines Waaren-Lexicon. Erster Theil A-M. Nürnberg, 1826, S. 345 (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Stand 2.2.2023).
  • Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

Cite as: refining. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8552, viewed on 7 June 2025.