Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Clam Shell furnace is one of the hottest things ever built for industry or research. Developed by the Air Force-Cambridge Research Laboratory and Arthur D. Little, Inc., it has an arc electrode housed in the top. Two reflecting mirrors (center) focus radiant heat of 6,700 degrees Fahrenheit onto specimens holders placed at the bottom.
Clam Shell furnace is one of the hottest things ever built for industry or research. Developed by the Air Force-Cambridge Research Laboratory and Arthur D. Little, Inc., it has an arc electrode housed in the top. Two reflecting mirrors (center) focus radiant heat of 6,700 degrees Fahrenheit onto specimens holders placed at the bottom.
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Clam Shell furnace is one of the hottest things ever built for industry or research. Developed by the Air Force-Cambridge Research Laboratory and Arthur D. Little, Inc., it has an arc electrode housed in the top. Two reflecting mirrors (center) focus radiant heat of 6,700 degrees Fahrenheit onto specimens holders placed at the bottom.

[ca. April 1961]

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