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(Based on Glossary of Bridge Terminology; Chapter LXXX of J.A.L. Waddell's Bridge Engineering (New York: Wiley, 1916)) |
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A process for making [[steel]] by the [[decarburization]] of crude [[pig iron]] by means of a finely divided air current blown through the metal when in a molten state. Named from its inventor Sir Henry Bessemer. | A process for making [[steel]] by the [[decarburization]] of crude [[pig iron]] by means of a finely divided air current blown through the metal when in a molten state. Named from its inventor Sir Henry Bessemer. | ||
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letodrono A process for making steel by the decarburization of crude pig iron by means of a finely divided air current blown through the metal when in a molten state. Named from its inventor Sir Henry Bessemer.