Bessemer steel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Bessemer steel
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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She had been the only woman working the Bessemer steel mill, pouring liquid fire into molds and showing the men how to lift machinery without wrenching their backs.
From Washington Post
Singer was the son of a steel baron of the same name who sold his company, Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Co., to Andrew Carnegie.
From Washington Post
With special twist drills, made for piercing hard Bessemer steel, rail holes, 13⁄16ths inch deep and 29⁄32nds inch diameter, have been drilled at the rate of one hole in 1 minute and 20 seconds in an ordinary drilling machine.
From Project Gutenberg
Bessemer steel is made by pouring melted cast iron into a vessel called a converter, through which a blast of air is then urged.
From Project Gutenberg
If the ore is suitable for the making of Bessemer steel, it is given a certain quotation per ton, while if it cannot be used for such a purpose, it is given a non-Bessemer rating and is used for casting.
From Project Gutenberg
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