Show bessemer steel w who ho knows anything at A ANYONE all about steel has heard beard of the bessemer process ss for or making it but hardly barfly anyone knows about sir henry bessemer he invented the process of converting cast iron into tough steel he was an english engineer born in 1813 during the crimean war he be w wanted anted to perfect a cannon that would fire a spin the cast iron in t the guns was not strong enough to withstand the V more powerful explosion that was necessary in paris he was able to make a stronger ei cast iron then he succeeded in producing steel patenting the in 1655 it process sir 11 bessemer consists of burning out the carbon and other impurities puri ties by blasting air through ohp molten metal a process still in use today sir henry was a prolific inventor he was the first to compress graphite into a solid mass so that lead pencils could be made one of his first inventions was a method of impressing the government seal on papers so it could not be forged Th the eroyal royal government promptly stole his bis patent without any attempt at recompense being a ayoung young unknown he did nothing about it but later in life he made a vigorous protest and the government apologized tor for its misdeed and made him a knight to quiet him a reason a as I 1 a good as many others a tor or bestowing the title of sir air upon an englishman |