Steel experimentally produced by Bessemer's process, December 1856

Made:: 1856

Steel experimentally produced by Bessemer's process in December 1856, communicated by E. Riley

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Category:: Metallurgy

Object Number:: 1889-164/3438

type:: specimen

credit:: John Percy Collection

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Steel experimentally produced by Bessemer's process, December 1856

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