BESSEMER CONVERTER • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Bessemer converter

... connection it is interesting to note that the fibrous texture referred to is imparted to wrought iron by the presence in it of a small proportion of slag from the puddling furnace, and that this can be secured in the Bessemer converter also if desired. The so-called Klein-Bessemerei, carried on at Avesta in Sweden for several years past, produces an exclusively soft, fibrous iron by the simple device of pouring slag and iron together into the ingot mould. This requires however a very small charge ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 • Various