Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Aufsatzofen
English translation:
box stove
Added to glossary by
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
Sep 25, 2006 19:19
17 yrs ago
German term
Aufsatzofen
German to English
Art/Literary
Furniture / Household Appliances
The text is describing historical furnishings in a museum. I'm clear what an Ausatzofen is and it is easy to find pictures on the internet, but I don't know what to call it in English.
Der seit dem 16. Jahrhundert gebräuchliche Aufsatzofen verbindet zwei verschiedene Heizprinzipien: Der eiserne Feuerkasten sorgt für eine schnelle Aufheizung, während der aus keramischem Material bestehende Oberofen die Wärme anhaltend speichert.
Der seit dem 16. Jahrhundert gebräuchliche Aufsatzofen verbindet zwei verschiedene Heizprinzipien: Der eiserne Feuerkasten sorgt für eine schnelle Aufheizung, während der aus keramischem Material bestehende Oberofen die Wärme anhaltend speichert.
Proposed translations
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| 2 | box stove |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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| 2 | cornice stove |
Jonathan MacKerron
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box stove
a possibility (see my comments)
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Comment: "Thanks to everyone. In the end I called it a "two-part stove" in the title and wrote in the description of "stoves with an additional upper section ....". While I appreciated the suggestions made, "box stove" seemed to me to simply describe the shape of the firebox part, while "cornice stove" didn't seem to quite fit Ausatzöfen that I have seen depicted, where the upper stove can be a fair bit taller than the lower one - in other words the Aufsatz is considerably more than a cornice. "
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Jonathan MacKerron
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cornice stove
by implication based on Flüglers 1893 Ger.-Eng.
"Ofenaufsatz" = stove cornice
"Ofenaufsatz" = stove cornice
Discussion
the exact term is hard to find; sometimes mentioned as parlour stove; the particular design with the "Aufsatz' does not seem to have an equivalent; but this picturegallery might help to identify the "