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Manhes Process
Webster's Dictionary
A process by which copper matte is treated by passing through it a blast of air, to oxidize and remove sulphur. It is analogous in apparatus to the Bessemer process for decarbonizing cast iron. So called from Pierre Manhes, a French metallurgist, who invented it.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Manhes Process'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/manhes-process.html. 1828.