01 Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agenc…
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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.