1828James Beaumont Neilson Invents the Hot Blast Process

James Beaumont Neilson develops the hot blast process.
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🧪 Faraday and Stoddart Discover Stainless Steel

Michael Faraday and James Stoddart discover alloying iron with chromium produces a stainless steel resistant to oxidising elements (rust).
Faraday and Stoddart Discover Stainless Steel (1820)
MetallurgyChemistryMaterials ScienceIndustrial RevolutionMichael FaradaySteel
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🍳 James Sharp Invents the First Practical Gas Stove

James Sharp invents and goes on to manufacture the first practical gas stove.
James Sharp Invents the First Practical Gas Stove (1826)
Industrial RevolutionDomestic Life
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🏭 James Beaumont Neilson Invents the Hot Blast Process

James Beaumont Neilson develops the hot blast process.
James Beaumont Neilson Invents the Hot Blast Process (1828)
Industrial RevolutionMetallurgy
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🔨 James Nasmyth Invents the Steam Hammer

James Nasmyth Invents the Steam Hammer (1839)
Industrial RevolutionSteam PowerManufacturingMechanization
United KingdomUnited 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.
Mushet Develops Steel Production Method (1856)
SteelIndustrial RevolutionMetallurgyManufacturingEconomy
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🧪 Harry Brearley Invents Stainless Steel

Harry Brearley invents a process to create Martensitic stainless steel, initially labelled Rustless Steel, later marketed as Staybrite, and AISI Type 420.
Harry Brearley Invents Stainless Steel (1915)
MetallurgyMaterials ScienceIndustrial RevolutionWorld War I
United KingdomUnited Kingdom