Bessemer

Other forms: Bessemers

Definitions of Bessemer
  1. noun
    British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)
    synonyms: Sir Henry Bessemer
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    artificer, discoverer, inventor
    someone who is the first to think of or make something
    metallurgical engineer, metallurgist
    an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals
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