Bessemer steel

noun

steel made by the Bessemer process.

Origin of Bessemer steel

1870-1875

First recorded in 1870-75

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The Bessemer steel process was not perfected until the latter half of the decade.

Railroads: Rates and Regulations William Z. Ripley
The Bessemer steel Works, an institution employing six thousand men, was shut down on account of the strike.

Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Various

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