Glover's tower

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== English == === Etymology === Invented in 1859 by John Glover. === Alternative forms === Glover tower === Noun === Glover's tower (plural Glover's towers) A large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalyst, effect the conversion of sulfurous to sulfuric acid.