Bessemer

[ bes-uh-mer ]

noun

1. Sir Henry, 1813–98, English engineer: inventor of the Bessemer process.
2. a city in central Alabama.

Example Sentences

It must have taken no small amount of courage to then present himself in Bessemer the following night.

From The Daily Beast

So, one of the teams wore chain-mail ulsters, and the other wore plate-armor made of my new Bessemer steel.

From Project Gutenberg

He was decided to be the first inventor of the process, and a patent was granted him over Bessemer, who was a few days before him.

From Project Gutenberg

Another achievement of far-reaching consequences was Captain Henry Bessemer's process for manufacturing steel.

From Project Gutenberg

What is almost as remarkable as the enormous increase in the production of Bessemer steel is the great diminution in its cost.

From Project Gutenberg

Bessemer claimed that his steel rails would last much longer than the common iron rail then in use.

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