Definition of Bessemer

1. Noun. British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Bessemer

Besnier's prurigo
Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease
Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann syndrome
Besnoitia
Besnoitia bennetti
Besnoitia besnoiti
Besnoitia tarandi
Besnoitiidae
Bess
Bessarabia
Bessarabian
Bessarabians
Bessel
Bessel function
Bessel functions
Bessemer (current term)
Bessemer converter
Bessemer process
Bessemer steel
Bessemer steels
Bessera
Bessera elegans
Besserwisser
Besseya
Besseya alpina
Bessie
Bessie Smith
Bessy
Bessy cerca
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Literary usage of Bessemer

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1. Text-book of the Materials of Engineering by Herbert Fisher Moore, Harrison Frederick Gonnerman (1920)
"The Bessemer Converter.—The purification of pig iron is carried on, ... The usual capacity of a Bessemer converter is from 10 to 20 tons of molten metal per ..."

2. Men of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries, Containing Biographical by Thompson Cooper (1879)
"The first honorary recognition of the importance of the Bessemer process in this country was made by the Institution of Civil Engineers about 1858, ..."

3. The Iron Ores of Lake Superior: Containing Some Facts of Interest Relating by Crowell & Murray (1917)
"Since 1872 Bessemer ores have commanded a better price than Non-Bessemer ores. ... For instance, at 1917 prices, the base Old Range Bessemer ore is worth ..."

4. History of the Manufacture of Iron in All Ages: And Particularly in the by James Moore Swank (1892)
"THE Bessemer process for the manufacture of steel consists in forcing streams ... The product is Bessemer steel, of a quality or temper corresponding to the ..."

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