Solar furnace. Historical artwork of a solar furnace designed by the British metallurgist Henry Bessemer (1813-1898). The furnace focused the heat of

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Solar furnace. Historical artwork of a solar furnace designed by the British metallurgist Henry Bessemer (1813-1898). The furnace focused the heat of the Sun using lenses (upper left). Solar furnaces allow experiments to be carried out without contaminating samples with the products of combustion.

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Photo credit: © ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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