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…
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.
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…
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, …
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
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.
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