Bessemer steel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Bessemer steel
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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She had been the only woman working the Bessemer steel mill, pouring liquid fire into molds and showing the men how to lift machinery without wrenching their backs.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2023
Jones & Laughlin will soon make better Bessemer steel by: 1.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unlike most buildings of the time, which were held up by thick exterior walls, the structure was supported by Bessemer steel interior columns and beams and faced with a breathtakingly thin curtain of glass.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fourth "if" was a shift back to Bessemer steel: little-used old Bessemer ovens should be put to making steel for barbed wire, nails, low-grade pipe, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
The new method of steel-making spread into France and Sweden, and in 1879 the works for making Bessemer steel were eighty-four in number, and represented a capital of more than three millions.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
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