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| The Industrial Revolution was accelerated by new metallurgical developments allowing bulk production of iron and steel. This engraving of a steel factory illustrates the process developed by Sir Henry Bessemer in 1855. In order to convert molten pig iron (crude iron) into steel in the Bessemer furnace, air was blown through it to burn away impurities. | ||||||
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| Chemistry; Iron and Steel Manufacture; Victorian Britain; Industrial Revolution | ||||||
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