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

Example Sentences

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

Cast iron, when treated in a Bessemer converter, is changed into steel.

From A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by James, Juliet Helena Lumbard

The practice of carrying melted cast iron direct from the blast furnace to the Siemens hearth or the Bessemer converter saves both money and time.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various

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

From A Poor Wise Man by Rinehart, Mary Roberts