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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1851 - Sir Henry Bessemer, England, develops the steel-making process that bears his name.
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Sheffield steel entrepreneur Sir Henry Bessemer's folly was an anti-sea- sickness ship in which the cabins swung independently of the motion of the ship.
EUREK-AGH!; On July 14 1915, Mr Albert Pratt of Vermont, USA patented his invention The Gun On The Head. The first time he fired it, he broke his neck.
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