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Definition: Bessemer

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898).[Wordnet].

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Date "Bessemer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1800. (references)

Specialty Definition: Bessemer

Domain Definition
Mining Any product of the Bessemer process, such as Bessemer steel, iron, etc.; named from Henry Bessemer, who patented the process in 1855; used also attributively as Bessemer converter, flame, or method. (references)

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Common Expressions: Bessemer

Expressions Definition
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (B≤ AAR reporting mark BLE) was a railroad company operating mainly in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. The railroad's main line ran from the Lake Erie port of Conneaut, Ohio to industrial city of North Bessemer, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, a distance of 153 miles. The company has operated continuously since its founding in 1897 until it was purchased by Canadian National Railway in 2004. The B&LE formerly had passenger service, but is now strictly a freight hauler. (references)
Bessemer converter A refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Bessemer process An industrial process for making steel using a Bessemer converter to blast air through molten iron and thus burning the excess carbon and impurities; the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low cost. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Bessemer steel 1: Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
  2: (Metal.) See in the Vocabulary. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign, Veritas and Flock. (references)
Sir Henry Bessemer British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Specialty Expressions: Bessemer

Expressions Domain Definition
Acid Bessemer converter Mining One lined with acid refractories. (references)
Acid Bessemer pig iron Meteorology & Standards Bessemer pig iron or acid Bessemer pig iron is intended for the production of steel in a converter with the production of an acid slag. Source: European Union. (references)
Basic Bessemer pig iron Meteorology & Standards Thomas pig iron or basic Bessemer pig iron is intended for the production of steel in a converter with the production of a basic slag. Source: European Union. (references)
Basic Bessemer steel Metallurgy Steel melted in a furnace that has a basic bottom and lining and under a slag that is dominantly basic. Source: European Union. (references)
Bessemer afterblow Mining In the basic Bessemer process of steelmaking, the continuation of the blowing cycle after the oxidation of the silicon, manganese, and carbon content of the charge is complete, and during which the phosphorus and sulfur contents of the charge are reduced. (references)
Bessemer blow Mining In the Bessemer process of steelmaking, the period of the blowing cycle during which the oxidation of the silicon, manganese, and carbon contentof the charge takes place. (references)
Bessemer converter Metallurgy Pear-shaped or cylindrical vessel consisting of an outer shell of heavy steel plates with an internal lining of refractory-material. Source: European Union. (references)
Bessemer converter Mining A pear-shaped steel shell lined with a refractory material containing a number of holes or ports in the bottom or side through which air is blown through the molten pig iron charge. The converter is mounted on trunnions about which it may be tilted to charge or tap. Molten pig iron is charged into the converter, and air is blown through the molten metal to oxidize the impurities, thus making steel. (references)
Bessemer Iron Literature Pig-iron refined, and converted into steel or malleable iron by passing currents of air through the molten metal, according to a process discovered by Sir H. Bessemer, and patented in 1856. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Bessemer iron ore Mining See: Bessemer ore. (references)
Bessemer matte Mining In the extraction of copper from sulfide ores, the liquid that remains in the converter at the end of the blow. It is essentially molten nickelsulfide or a solution of copper and nickel sulfides. (references)
Bessemer ore Mining An iron ore containing very little phosphorus (generally less than 0.045%). Named for suitability in the Bessemer process of steelmaking. Syn: Bessemer iron ore. (references)
Bessemer pig iron Mining Pig iron with sufficiently low phosphorus (0.100% maximum) to be suitable for use in the Bessemer process. (references)
Bessemer process Metallurgy A process for making steel by blooming air through molten pig iron contained in a suitable vessel. . . and causing rapid oxidation. . . silicon and carbon. Source: European Union. (references)
Bessemer process Mining A method, historically important but no longer in use, in which molten pig iron is charged in a Bessemer converter and air is blown through the molten metal to oxidize the impurities, thus making steel. This process isno longer in use. (references)
Bessemer steel Metallurgy Steel made in a converter with acid lining by the Bessemer process. Source: European Union. (references)

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Extended Definition: Bessemer

Bessemer

Bessemer is the name, or part of the name, of several places in the United States:

  • Bessemer, Alabama
  • Bessemer, Michigan
  • Bessemer Township, Michigan
  • Bessemer City, North Carolina
  • Bessemer, Pennsylvania
  • Bessemer Bend, Wyoming

Other things or people named Bessemer include:

  • Bessemer process, a method of making steel
  • Henry Bessemer, the inventor of the Bessemer process
  • Bessemer Trust, a wealth management and investment advisory firm
  • Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, a major carrier of iron ore to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Bessemer Airport, a small airfield serving Bessemer, Alabama
  • Bessemer Cookware, an Australian company selling premium cookware

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Bessemer". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: Bessemer

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Bessemer City, North Carolina 28     Bessemer 3
Bessemer Bend, Wyoming 16     Bessemer Airport 9
Henry Bessemer 15     Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad 11
Bessemer process 15     Bessemer Bend, Wyoming 16
Bessemer Township, Michigan 14     Bessemer City, North Carolina 28
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad 11     Bessemer Civic Center 3
Bessemer Airport 9     Bessemer Gold Medal 4
SS Bessemer Victory 6     Bessemer Hall of History 5
Bessemer Hall of History 5     Bessemer Park 3
Bessemer Venture Partners 4     Bessemer process 15
Bessemer Trust 4     Bessemer Township, Michigan 14
Bessemer Gold Medal 4     Bessemer Trust 4
Bessemer Park 3     Bessemer Venture Partners 4
Bessemer Civic Center 3     Henry Bessemer 15
Bessemer 3     SS Bessemer Victory 6

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Translations: Bessemer

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Annamese phương pháp sản xuất thép Be-xơ-me (the Bessemer process of making steel), Henri Bessemer (Henry Bessemer). Additional references: Annamese, Viet Nam, China, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 贝塞麦 (bessemer). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 貝塞麥 (bessemer). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Ching phương pháp sản xuất thép Be-xơ-me (the Bessemer process of making steel), Henri Bessemer (Henry Bessemer). Additional references: Ching, Viet Nam, China, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Français bessemer (Bessemer). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
French bessemer (Bessemer). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Gin phương pháp sản xuất thép Be-xơ-me (the Bessemer process of making steel), Henri Bessemer (Henry Bessemer). Additional references: Gin, Viet Nam, China, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 베세머 (Bessemer), 베세머강 (Bessemer steel). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 베세머 (Bessemer), 베세머강 (Bessemer steel). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ベッセマー (Bessemer), ベスマー (Bessemer). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Jing phương pháp sản xuất thép Be-xơ-me (the Bessemer process of making steel), Henri Bessemer (Henry Bessemer). Additional references: Jing, Viet Nam, China, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Kinh phương pháp sản xuất thép Be-xơ-me (the Bessemer process of making steel), Henri Bessemer (Henry Bessemer). Additional references: Kinh, Viet Nam, China, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 베세머 (Bessemer), 베세머강 (Bessemer steel). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian бессемер (Bessemer), бессемеровская сталь (Bessemer steel). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) bessemer (Bessemer), bessemerovskaya stalʹ (Bessemer steel). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki бессемер (Bessemer), бессемеровская сталь (Bessemer steel). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) bessemer (Bessemer), bessemerovskaya stalʹ (Bessemer steel). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) besemerov čelik (Bessemer converter steel), besemerov proces za proizvodnj (Bessemer converter process), besemerov konvertor (Bessemer converter). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovak besemerovaný (Bessemer). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovakian besemerovaný (Bessemer). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish Proceso Bessemer (Bessemer, Bessemer process). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Viet phương pháp sản xuất thép Be-xơ-me (the Bessemer process of making steel), Henri Bessemer (Henry Bessemer). Additional references: Viet, Viet Nam, China, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
Vietnamese phương pháp sản xuất thép Be-xơ-me (the Bessemer process of making steel), Henri Bessemer (Henry Bessemer). Additional references: Vietnamese, Viet Nam, China, Bessemer. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Bessemer

Language Translations for “Bessemer” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Bathagessathagemathager (Bessemer). Additional references: Athag, Bessemer. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Bagessagemager (Bessemer). Additional references: Double Dutch, Bessemer. (volunteer)
Leet |3&$$&{V}&|z (Bessemer). Additional references: Leet, Bessemer. (volunteer)
Oppish Bopessopemoper (Bessemer). Additional references: Oppish, Bessemer. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Essemerbay (Bessemer). Additional references: Pig Latin, Bessemer. (volunteer)
Terran B bessesrov (Bessemer). Additional references: Terran B, Bessemer. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Bubessubemuber (Bessemer). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Bessemer. (volunteer)
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