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Glover's tower

Glover's tower noun: a large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalyst, effect the conversion of sulfurous to sulfuric acid.

Noun

Glover's tower (plural Glover's towers)

  1. A large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalyst, effect the conversion of sulfurous to sulfuric acid.

Forms of Glover's tower

pluralGlover's towers

Origin of Glover's tower

Invented in 1859 by John Glover.

Questions about Glover's tower

What does Glover's tower mean?
Glover's tower means a large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalyst, effect the conversion of sulfurous to sulfuric acid.
What part of speech is Glover's tower?
Glover's tower is a noun.
What is the plural of Glover's tower?
The plural of Glover's tower is Glover's towers.

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