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Bessemer converter   /bˈɛsəmər kənvˈərtər/   Listen
Bessemer converter

noun
1.
A refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process.





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"Bessemer converter" Quotes from Famous Books



... plus in the shade," he reasoned silently. "That's hot any way you take it. But taking it in the face at forty-five an hour is too much like looking into a Bessemer converter!" ...
— Two Thousand Miles Below • Charles Willard Diffin


Words linked to "Bessemer converter" :   steel plant, steel factory, convertor, converter, steel mill, steelworks


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