Bessemer converter

American  

noun

1. the refractory-lined metal container in which steel is produced by the Bessemer process.

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Bessemer converter British  

/ ˈbɛsɪmə /

noun

1. a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process

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Etymology

Origin of Bessemer converter

First recorded in 1925–30

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Bessemer converter

Soon after the fire alarm had sounded. the port side of the ship was like the inside of a Bessemer converter.

From Time Magazine Archive

She picks only top-chop idols, and her devotional fires resemble a Bessemer converter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir Henry Bessemer solved the problem by inventing the Bessemer converter.

From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Julia Ellen Rogers

He went to Chicago first, and from there to Michigan, to see the first successful Bessemer converter.

From A Poor Wise Man by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Though he was profoundly impressed by his first sight of a Bessemer converter, he had little interest in the every-day process of making steel.

From The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry by Burton Jesse Hendrick