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Inventors Imperfect: 2: The Bessemer Blow

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Adam Hart-Davis uncovers the lives and inventions of four unacknowledged pioneers of science.

Henry Bessemer invented the Bessemer converter, a system for refining steel from pig iron which enabled output to increase six-thousand fold. The money he made provided him with the capital to design a ship which prevented seasickness - with catastrophic and embarrassing results.

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Presenter:
Adam Hart-Davis
Producer:
Miriam Newman
Source: Radio Times

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