bessemer iron
11Bessemer 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… …
12Bessemer, Alabama — Infobox Settlement official name = Bessemer, Alabama settlement type = City imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location in Jefferson County and the state of Alabama mapsize1 = map… …
13Bessemer 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… …
14Bessemer City, North Carolina — Infobox Settlement official name = Bessemer City, North Carolina settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Bessemer City, North Carolina mapsize1 = map caption1 =… …
15iron processing — Introduction use of a smelting process to turn the ore into a form from which products can be fashioned. Included in this article also is a discussion of the mining of iron and of its preparation for smelting. Iron (Fe) is a… …
16Bessemer , 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… …
17Bessemer 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,… …
18Bessemer 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… …
19Bessemer 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 …
20Iron — Fe redirects here. For other uses, see Fe (disambiguation). This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Iron (disambiguation). manganese …
