Henry Bessemer

@Inventors, Birthday and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Henry Bessemer was a renowned English inventor who discovered the Bessemer process of steel-making Millionaires British Inventors & Discoverers Capricorn Celebrities Henry Bessemer was famous English engineer and inventor whose contribution to steel making heralded a new era in the iron and steel industry. He developed an interest in creating new objects since an early age. His father who was himself an inventor had a major role to play in this regard. The financial conditions of his family forced him to quit studies and he learnt from his experiences while working with his father. With his innate knack to solve problems he invented many machines that had practical applications. His innovations include a movable stamp, sugarcane crushing machine, machine to manufacture bronze powder, and graphite to be used in pencils. Bessemer’s main contribution though was his invention of Bessemer process for steel-making. The furnace he had designed allowed oxygen to be blown over molten iron so that the impurities could be oxidised. It also had the provision to collect by-products obtained during the process. Bessemer never in the face of difficulties and when his design for the Bessemer converter was met with criticism he decided to produce iron himself. Eventually the furnace gained popularity and many ironmasters began to adopt his method for producing steel thus making the use of pig iron or cast iron became redundant in the construction industry. To know more about his life and works read on the following biography.

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Birthday: January 19, 1813 Died on: March 15, 1898 Nationality: British Famous: Inventors, Millionaires, Inventors & Discoverers Birth Place: Charlton Gender: Male Sun Sign: Capricorn Information Detail Birthday January 19, 1813 Died on March 15, 1898 Nationality British Famous Inventors, Millionaires, Inventors & Discoverers Birth Place Charlton Gender Male Sun Sign Capricorn Born in Charlton Famous as Inventor Died at Age 85

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This famous engineer breathed his last on 15 March 1898, in London and was survived by his son Henry Bessemer. Unsplash Personal Life

The ‘Sheffield's Kelham Island Industrial Heritage Museum’ displays one of the earliest models of Bessemer converter. Unsplash Personal Life

The renowned inventor is the eponym of a street in Hitchin, England and other in Rotherham Unsplash Personal Life

On 19 January, 1813, the son of Anthony Bessemer, Henry Bessemer was born in Charlton, England. His father was a type founder by profession who also made several inventions. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Owing to financial crisis Bessemer had to quit his studies and assist his father in his business. While working with his father he developed an understanding of metallurgy and most his education was informal. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Bessemer developed a knack for inventing objects quite early in his life; he was inventor of the first movable stamps that could be used to date documents. He upgraded the typesetting device and invented a machine to produce graphite that could be used in pencils. Unsplash Career

He also put his innovative mind to come up a highly efficient model of sugarcane crushing machines. Unsplash Career

The invention which catapulted Henry to heights of fame was the machine which could make bronze powder. After detailed study of the facility in Nuremberg that produced bronze powder, he set about simplifying the production process. Unsplash Career

His cost-effective design made it possible to reduce the expenses incurred to manufacture bronze powder. He was thus able to sell his product at a price lower than the existing market average price and earned huge profits. Unsplash Career

In 1848, this English innovator pioneered the automation of glass manufacturer. He devised a method to produce a continuous glass plate by using rollers. The texture of the final product obtained by this process was not so smooth and required polishing thus adding to the cost of production. Unsplash Career

Henry Bessemer was a great inventor who had many patents to his credit but his most important contribution was the Bessemer process of steel making. His low-cost process revolutionized the iron and steel industry as it enabled mass production of steel. Eventually the stronger and sturdier steel was used in construction instead of wrought iron or pig iron. Unsplash Major Works

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Birthday	January 19, 1813
Died on	March 15, 1898
Nationality	British
Famous	Inventors, Millionaires, Inventors & Discoverers
Birth Place	Charlton
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Capricorn
Born in	Charlton
Famous as	Inventor
Died at Age	85

Henry Bessemer

British

Jan 19, 1813

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