Bessemer

[ bes-uh-mer ]

/ ˈbɛs ə mər /

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Sir Henry, 1813–98, English engineer: inventor of the Bessemer process.

a city in central Alabama.

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That was one reason why Bessemer Venture Partners leapt at the chance to lead the new financing round for Folx, according to Morgan Cheatham, an investor out of Bessemer’s New York office.
Folx Health raises $25 million for virtual clinical offerings and care for the LGBTQIA+ community|Jonathan Shieber|February 2, 2021|TechCrunch
Amazon has said its workers don’t need a union coming between them and the company, and some of the nearly five text messages sent daily to its Bessemer staff urge them not to abandon “the winning team.”
Amazon’s anti-union blitz stalks Alabama warehouse workers everywhere, even the bathroom|Jay Greene|February 2, 2021|Washington Post
A website created by the union at the start of the organizing drive encouraged Bessemer warehouse workers to sign authorization cards to secure not just better pay but also improved safety.
Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama allowed to vote on unionization, NLRB rules|Jay Greene|December 16, 2020|Washington Post
Amazon needs its workers more than ever, giving them leverage to push for safer warehousesWhen Amazon opened the Bessemer warehouse in March, the company told local media it would employ 1,500 workers, a figure the city echoed on its website.
Amazon effort to thwart Alabama union drive suffers early defeat at labor board|Jay Greene|December 3, 2020|Washington Post

A website created by the union encourages Bessemer warehouse workers to join the organizing drive to secure not just better pay, but also improved safety standards.
Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama file to hold unionization vote|Jay Greene|November 24, 2020|Washington Post
It must have taken no small amount of courage to then present himself in Bessemer the following night.
Charles Portis, a Journalist With True Grit|Jay Jennings|September 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
So, one of the teams wore chain-mail ulsters, and the other wore plate-armor made of my new Bessemer steel.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
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.
Steam Steel and Electricity|James W. Steele
Another achievement of far-reaching consequences was Captain Henry Bessemer's process for manufacturing steel.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
What is almost as remarkable as the enormous increase in the production of Bessemer steel is the great diminution in its cost.
Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XV., No. 388, June 9, 1883|Various
Bessemer claimed that his steel rails would last much longer than the common iron rail then in use.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment|Charles E. Bolton