bessemer converter
1Bessemer 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 …
2Bessemer converter — /bɛsəmə kənˈvɜtə/ (say besuhmuh kuhn vertuh) noun a huge pear shaped metal container used in the Bessemer process. {named after Sir Henry Bessemer, 1813–98, English inventor} …
3Bessemer converter — the refractory lined metal container in which steel is produced by the Bessemer process. [1925 30] * * * …
4Bessemer converter — Смотри бессемеровский конвертер …
5Converter — may refer to: Contents 1 Electromagnetics 2 Electronics 2.1 In television 3 Information technology …
6bessemer — converter or bessemer steel (named for its English inventor, Sir Henry Bessemer) …
7Bessemer process — [bes′ə mər] n. [after Sir Henry Bessemer (1813 98), Eng engineer who developed it] a method of making steel by blasting air through molten pig iron in a large container (Bessemer converter) to burn away the carbon and other impurities …
8Bessemer process — The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron. The process is named after its inventor, Henry Bessemer, who took out a patent on the process in 1855. The process was… …
9Bessemer 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… …
10Bessemer, Sir Henry — born Jan. 19, 1813, Charlton, Hertfordshire, Eng. died March 15, 1898, London British inventor and engineer. Son of a metallurgist, he set up his own casting business at 17. At that time the only iron based construction materials were cast iron… …
