I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem in as much as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right.
In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to… - Henry Bessemer
In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to…
- Henry Bessemer
I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem in as much as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to con… - Henry Bessemer
I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem in as much as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to con…
I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was… - Henry Bessemer
I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was…
On March 4th, 1830, I arrived in London, where a new world seemed opened to me. - Henry Bessemer
On March 4th, 1830, I arrived in London, where a new world seemed opened to me.
It is true I had been successful on a small scale in overcoming one of the main difficulties in the new process, but there was still much to invent, … - Henry Bessemer
It is true I had been successful on a small scale in overcoming one of the main difficulties in the new process, but there was still much to invent, …
We fixed on No. 4, Queen Street Place, for our City offices, and it was from there that so many of my patented inventions were dated. - Henry Bessemer
We fixed on No. 4, Queen Street Place, for our City offices, and it was from there that so many of my patented inventions were dated.
I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery - Henry Bessemer
I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery
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