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51Bessemer process — Metall. a process of producing steel, in which impurities are removed by forcing a blast of air through molten iron. [1855 60; after H. BESSEMER] * * * Technique for converting pig iron to steel invented by Henry Bessemer in England in 1856 and… …
52Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad — Infobox SG rail railroad name=Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad logo filename=B LE.gif logo size=175 old gauge= marks=BLE locale=Ohio and Pennsylvania start year=1897 end year=2004 successor line=Canadian National hq city=Pittsburgh,… …
53Bessemer , Sir Henry — (1813–1898) British inventor and engineer Bessemer was the son of a mechanical engineer who had fled from the French Revolution. After leaving the village school in Charlton, where he was born, he worked as a type caster, until the family moved… …
54Bessemer converter — n. a special furnace used to purify pig iron using the Bessemer process. Etymology: Sir H. Bessemer, Engl. engineer d. 1898 * * * noun a refractory lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process • Hypernyms: ↑converter …
55Bessemer Venture Partners — Infobox Company company name = Bessemer Venture Partners company company type = Limited liability company foundation = 1911 key people = location = industry = Venture Capital products = Investments assets = homepage = [http://www.bvp.com/ www.bvp …
56Bessemer (Alabama) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bessemer. 33° 23′ 29″ N 86° 57′ 24″ W …
57Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad — Le Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (sigle de l AAR:BLE) était un chemin de fer américain de classe I de 1939 jusqu au milieu des années 1980, puis de classe II, qui opérait dans le nord ouest de la Pennsylvanie et le nord est de l Ohio. La route… …
58Bessemer (Michigan) — 46° 28′ 41″ N 90° 03′ 05″ W / 46.4781, 90.0514 …
59Bessemer-Verfahren — Bẹs|se|mer|ver|fah|ren auch: Bẹs|se|mer Ver|fah|ren 〈n. 14; unz.; früher〉 Windfrischverfahren zur Stahlgewinnung mit der Bessemerbirne * * * Bẹs|se|mer Ver|fah|ren [nach dem brit. Ingenieur Sir H. Bessemer (1813–1898)]: die bei der Stahlherst …
60Bessemer Progess — The Bessemer process, which de carbonizes melted pig iron into steel by means of a blast of air, was named after its inventor, Englishman Sir Henry Bessemer (1813 1898). The process was a boon to manufacturing, for it greatly reduced costs of… …
