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Sir Henry Bessemer
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Noun1.Sir Henry Bessemer - British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)Sir Henry Bessemer - British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)


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Its inventor, Henry Bessemer, took out a patent on the process in 1855.
Even for the brilliant Benedictines, the steel-making process (developed by Henry Bessemer in 1855) was a little too advanced.
Originally patented by a British inventor named Henry Bessemer.
 
 
 
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