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  1. 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: opted
  2. 2. 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
  3. 3. Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion ofthe carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through theagency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; --so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventorof the process. Source: adambom

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