1855 ⟶ Bessemer Process Revolutionizes Steel Production
Bessemer process enables steel to be mass-produced.
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📧 Electric Telegraph Patented
Telegraphy patented.⟶
CommunicationSamuel MorseTelegraphIndustrial Revolution
United States
United Kingdom🏭 Bessemer Process Revolutionizes Steel Production
Bessemer process enables steel to be mass-produced.⟶
Industrial RevolutionSteelMetallurgyManufacturingMass ProductionEconomic Development
United KingdomUnited States🏭 Bessemer Process Patented
Henry Bessemer patents the Bessemer process for making steel, with improvements made by others over the following years.⟶
Industrial RevolutionSteel ProductionMetallurgyManufacturingEconomy
United Kingdom🏭 Mushet Develops Steel Production Method
Robert Forester Mushet develops a process for the decarbonisation, and re-carbonisation of iron, through the addition of a calculated quantity of spiegeleisen, to produce cheap, consistently high quality steel.⟶
SteelIndustrial RevolutionMetallurgyManufacturingEconomy
United Kingdom⚙️ Robert Mushet Develops Tungsten Steel
Robert Forester Mushet discovers that alloying steel with tungsten produces a harder, more durable alloy.⟶
SteelMetallurgyIndustrial RevolutionManufacturingMaterials Science
United Kingdom🧪 Stainless Steel Invention and Early Commercialization
J.E.T. Woods and J. Clark invented stainless steel. Harry Brearley was the first to commercialize it.⟶
MetallurgyMaterial ScienceIndustrial RevolutionSteelManufacturing
United Kingdom