Henry Bessemer
/ˌhenri ˈbesəmə(r)/
/ˌhenri ˈbesəmər/
- (1813-98) an English engineer and inventor, best known for inventing the Bessemer Process, a way of making steel by blowing air through melted iron to remove the other substances from it. He was made a knight in 1879.
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Henry Bessemer