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nounBritish inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)
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- bessemer converter a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process
- bessemer process an industrial process for making steel using a Bessemer converter to blast air through molten iron and thus burning the excess carbon and impurities; the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low cost
- sir henry bessemer British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)
- bessemer British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)