The Bessemer converter was the first inexpensive industrial machine for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron. It was named after Henry Bessemer who took out the patent in 1851.

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The Bessemer converter was the first inexpensive industrial machine for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron. It was named after Henry Bessemer who took out the patent in 1851.

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