Bessemer process

noun

Etymology

Named after English inventor Henry Bessemer (1813–1898), who took out a patent on the process in 1856.

Definitions

  1. The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel, based on…

    The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel, based on blowing air through molten pig iron to remove impurities by oxidation.

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