Bessemer
['bɛsəmɚ]
Definition
(noun.) British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898).
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Definition
adj. derived from the name of the inventor Sir H. Bessemer applied to steel for rails tires ship-plates &c. prepared by the Bessemer process.
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Examples
- The Holly converter, covered by United States patents No. 86,303, and No. 86,304, January 26, 1869, represented one of the most important American developments of the Bessemer converter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Bessemer process is now largely used in treating copper. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1834 Henry Bessemer electro-plated lead castings with copper in the production of antique relief heads. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Holley of the United States improved the Bessemer apparatus by enabling a greater number of charges to be converted into steel within a given time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I knew it was a commercial problem to produce high-grade Bessemer ore from these deposits, and took steps to acquire a large amount of the property. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Product, low phosphorus, Bessemer and basic, or high phosphorus machine-cast pig iron. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The production of Bessemer steel in the United States for 1897 was for ingots and castings 5,475,315 tons, and for railroad rails 1,644,520 tons. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Like most all valuable inventions, Mr. Bessemer’s claim to priority for the invention was contested. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Henry Bessemer electro-plates lead castings with copper. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is claimed that he did for hydraulic machinery, in the storage and transmission of power thereby, what Watt did for the steam engine and Bessemer did for steel. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In Mr. Gwynne's and Mr. Bessemer's pumps, which had straight vanes, the ratio of power to the effect did not exceed 0·19. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The importance of Bessemer steel in its influence upon modern civilization is everywhere admitted. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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