manhes process

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manhes process - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Manhes process \Man`h[`e]s" proc"ess\ (Copper Metal.)
     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 Manh[`e]s, a
     French metallurgist, who invented it.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]