HENRY BESSEMER

HENRY BESSEMER

• Born in Charlton, United Kingdom
• British inventor
• Became a self made millionaire by his inventions
• His father was a Metallurgist Typesetter

Henry bessemer

• Moved to London
• Owned his own shop at 17
• Self Educated

Bessemer Converter
Created in 1856. Henry crafted a machine that was able to transfer small amounts of iron into large amounts of cheaper steel. With this invention the start of the Industrial Revolution was on the way.

Industrial Power
The Bessemer Converter was instrumental during the production of weapons. It produced cheaper:
Guns
Cannons
Warships

INVENTIONS

• Ways to emboss velvet
• Machine to extract juice from sugarcane
• Furnace to craft sheet glass
• System to arrange letter castings
• Steam ship cabin that pivoted

MORE INVENTIONS

• Bronze Powder additive
• New type of cannon

Carnegie
The tycoon Andrew Carnegie made a large fortune Licensing Bessemer's breakthrough to America.

Present Day
Lawrence Kavanagh, Vice President for Environmental and Technology at the American Iron and Steel Institute states, "Our technology today has deep roots going back to Bessemer's original ideas."

SOURCES

• Newhaven.edu J. Bonasia 2009
• Makingthemodernworld.org.uk