This illustration dates to the 1870s and shows experiments at Baxter House at producing steel. On of the key figures in doing so was a Mr. Bessemer, who discovered that carbon and silicon may be readily removed by forcing currents of cold air through a mass of fused metal and announced his discovery in 1856. HIS PAPER WAS TITLED ""ON THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL WITHOUT FUEL."" Bessemer carried out experiments at Baxter House in in England - as shown here. The apparatus used in these experiments was a cylindrical vessel, in the bottom of which were a number of clay nozzles (tuyeres) through which the blast from a blowing machine could be forced.
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This illustration dates to the 1870s and shows experiments at Baxter House at producing steel. On of the key figures in doing so was a Mr. Bessemer, who discovered that carbon and silicon may be readily removed by forcing currents of cold air through a mass of fused metal and announced his discovery in 1856. HIS PAPER WAS TITLED ""ON THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL WITHOUT FUEL."" Bessemer carried out experiments at Baxter House in in England - as shown here. The apparatus used in these experiments was a cylindrical vessel, in the bottom of which were a number of clay nozzles (tuyeres) through which the blast from a blowing machine could be forced.

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experiments Baxter House Bessemer steel steel production tuyeres iron steel blast furnace pipes smelting iron cast iron Britain English interior Industrial revolution 19th century

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