Project Gutenberg 2009-08-08 Public domain in the USA. 225 Bishop, Philip W. 1991 The beginnings of cheap steel Reading ease score: 58.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Beginnings of Cheap Steel" by Philip W. Bishop is a historical account likely written in the mid-20th century. This scholarly work examines the development of the Bessemer process, which revolutionized steel production in the mid-19th century. It focuses on the competition among various inventors, including Henry Bessemer, Joseph Gilbert Martien, and Robert Mushet, and how their contributions and controversies played a crucial role in making steel more accessible and affordable. The book delves into the technological advancements preceding and following the Bessemer process, exploring the challenges and innovations in steel manufacturing from the 1850s onwards. Bishop revisits the claims of priority among different inventors, assessing the roles they played in developing new methodologies for producing steel. He explores the intricacies of patent disputes and rivalries, particularly highlighting how industrial interests and personal ambitions shaped the trajectory of what would become a cornerstone of modern industrialization. Through detailed analysis and contemporary accounts, the narrative provides insight into the socio-economic impacts of these innovations on the steel industry and industrial production practices overall. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bessemer process Steel Q TN Text Technology Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General 156601 152486 2024-11-12T16:08:44.104320 2023-09-13T07:16:02.828011 text/html text/html 143309 2021-01-05T10:41:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 221164 2021-01-05T10:41:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 324818 2024-11-12T16:08:51.033264 application/epub+zip 325850 2024-11-12T16:08:47.276425 application/epub+zip 102330 2024-11-12T16:08:45.991268 application/epub+zip 453919 2024-11-12T16:08:53.594253 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442301 2024-11-12T16:08:50.213271 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202067 2022-08-13T12:57:33.094127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115223 115123 2024-11-12T16:08:43.313329 2023-09-13T07:16:02.289999 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 115009 2021-01-05T10:41:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 42244 2021-01-05T10:41:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 115000 2021-01-05T10:41:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 42220 2021-01-05T10:41:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21980 2024-11-12T16:08:53.727213 application/rdf+xml 12046 2024-11-12T16:08:46.543268 image/jpeg 2940 2024-11-12T16:08:46.267300 image/jpeg 291930 2024-11-12T16:08:44.123301 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog