1st Edition

Sir Henry Bessemer Father of the Steel Industry

By C. Bodsworth Copyright 1998
    160 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This volume, illustrated with many photographs and drawings, commemorates the centenary of the death of Sir Henry Bessemer, one of the outstanding inventors of the 19th century.

    Preface, Sir Henry Bessemer, Inventor, Acid Bessemer Steelmaking in South Yorkshire, South Yorkshire's Steel Rail Trade, The Bessemer Process in the North West of England, The Bessemer Process in South Wales, Basic Bessemer Steelmaking: Cleveland and Beyond, Impact of Bessemer Steelmaking Technology on Industrial Growth in the United States and the Subsequent Evolutions in Steelmaking Processes, The Development of the Bessemer Process in Continental Europe, A Bessemer Miscellany, Index

    Biography

    Colin Bodsworth