Bessemer
Sir Henry, 1813–98, English engineer: inventor of the Bessemer process.
a city in central Alabama.
Contemporary Examples
Charles Portis, a Journalist With True Grit Jay Jennings September 24, 2012
Historical Examples
Exit Betty Grace Livingston Hill
Diggers in the Earth Eva March Tappan
The Harris-Ingram Experiment Charles E. Bolton
Stories of Invention Edward E. Hale
Commercial Geography Jacques W. Redway
Every-day Science: Volume VI. The Conquest of Nature Henry Smith Williams
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II Arnold Cooley
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 7 Various
The Beginnings of Cheap Steel Philip W. Bishop
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