Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881. Creator: Lock & Whitfield.

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881. Creator: Lock & Whitfield.

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Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881. Bessemer (1813-1898) was a prolific inventor, but is best known for discovering the Bessemer Process for manufacturing steel, which made the cheap production of steel in bulk possible for the first time.


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Creator
  1. Lock & Whitfield, attributed to: British: Photographers, photographer, photographic studio
Subject
  1. Henry Bessemer: British: Inventor, engineer

Medium
  1. Photograph
  2. Photo-mechanical process

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Technology & Innovation

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Trade & Industry Manufacturing & Heavy Industry

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3773x4627
File Size : 51,146kb


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  1. 1280000623
  1. 3-057-109
  1. 3057109

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