Associations to the word «Bessemer»

Wiktionary

BESSEMER STEEL, noun. Steel made directly from cast iron by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal.
BESSEMER STEELS, noun. Plural of Bessemer steel

Dictionary definition

BESSEMER, noun. British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope