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fondon

fondon noun: a large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.

Noun

fondon (plural fondons)

  1. A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.
    • The diameter of the copper bottom of the fondon is from 5 feet 6 inches to 7 feet 6 inches, and, instead of the necessary motion being imparted to the charge by a wooden stirrer, worked by hand, it is obtained by blocks of copper dragged over the bottom by an arrangement similar to the arms of an...1891, John Arthur Phillips, Hilary Bauerman, Elements of Metallurgy, page 749
    • If the mercury is added carefully and the mullers kept moving at the proper speed, the amalgam will not cling to the copper bottom and mullers of the fondon.1902, International Correspondence Schools, Metallurgy of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc - Volume 1, page 50

Forms of fondon

pluralfondons

Origin of fondon

Compare French fondant (“flux”).

Questions about fondon

What does fondon mean?
Fondon means a large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.
What part of speech is fondon?
Fondon is a noun.
What is the plural of fondon?
The plural of fondon is fondons.

Words near fondon in the dictionary

  1. fondneses
  2. fondness
  3. fondnesses
  4. fondom
  5. fondoms
  6. fondon
  7. fondons
  8. fondouk
  9. Fondren
  10. Fondrens
  11. fonds

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