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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

To the bath of molten metal thus obtained spiegeleisen or ferro-manganese is added to supply the required carbon and to otherwise act as in the Bessemer converter.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Robert Cochrane

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

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