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Oven
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(0. Eng. ofn, Ger. Ofen, cf.Gr. lirv6s, oven), a close chamber or compartment which may be raised to a considerable temperature by heat generated either within or without it. In English the term generally refers to a chamber for baking bread and other food substances, but it is also used of certain appliances employed in manufacturing operations, as in coking coal or making pottery.
See Heating.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Oven'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/o/oven.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Oven'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/o/oven.html. 1910.
