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

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

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 Rogers, Julia Ellen

In England, where a less pure but still expensive cast-iron—viz. hæmatite pig—is used for the production of steel in the ordinary Bessemer converter, the process differs slightly.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert