1855 ⟶ Bessemer Process Patented
Henry Bessemer patents the Bessemer process for making steel...
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🏭 James Beaumont Neilson Invents the Hot Blast Process
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United Kingdom🏭 Bessemer Process Patented
Henry Bessemer patents the Bessemer process for making steel, with improvements made by others over the following years.⟶
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Bessemer process enables steel to be mass-produced.⟶
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