A man named Sir Henry Bessemer was born on January 19, 1813 in the city of Charlton, Hertfordshire, in England. Bessemer was an engineer and inventor whose process was the first to manufacture steel in an inexpensive way during the year 1856. Eventually, this led to the Bessemer converter. Bessemer was born into a family with mechanical skills, as his father was a typefounder and engineer. In his early years, he showed remarkable skill when dealing with mechanics, as well as having the eye for invention. After Bessemer invented things like moveable stamps and the typesetting machine, he began to make a kind of “gold” powder from brass that he used in his paints. Bessemer’s secret process soon began to bring him wealth, as the florid decoration …show more content…
One of his greater inventions was his sugarcane-crushing machinery with an advanced design. However, he became devoted to his work in metallurgy. In his time there were only two iron-based construction materials: wrought iron was made from cast iron in underdeveloped furnaces by the taxing manual process known as “puddling” (puddling is when you begin to stir the melted iron to get all the carbon out), and cast iron made by treating iron ore with coke (the chemical, not the drink) in the blast furnace. Cast iron was excellent for purposes like columns, bridge piers, or engine parts. Wrought iron was good for girders, rails, and other spans. Puddling removed carbon (which makes cast iron brittle) and produced a material that could be rolled or forged, but only in large lumps of 100–200 pounds, and that was full of slag (stony waste material that comes out of the iron when forged). The large lumps had to be tediously forged together by steam hammers so they could then be rolled into any useful shape or length. Steel was made by adding carbon to the wrought iron that was pure. This was a slow and now discontinued method. The material was hard and it would always take an edge. This process made it useful almost entirely for cutting
During the Civil War had produced the extremely high demand for more iron particularly in Pittsburg where Carnegie was located at the time. He primarily focuses on developing the steel production in the area of Pittsburg to meet the demand. Andrew Carnegie was credited with innovated a cheap and faster production system for producing steel, eventually becoming the biggest steel
We use metals to construct all kinds of structures, from bridges to skyscrapers to elevators. The strength as well as durability of materials that are crafted out of metal make the materials ideal not only for construction but also for many other applications.
He invented the Bunsen Burner- a small adjustable gas burner used in laboratories/a piece of laboratory equipment that produces a single open gas flame, which is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion.
He studied mechanics, machinery and electricity, oftentimes having white friends check books out of the library for him since Blacks were not allowed to.
Eli Whitney was born on the eighth of December in the year 1765 in Westborough, Massachusetts. He was known as an engineer and manufacturer; however more importantly he was known as “the third-best American inventor during the pre-atomic age” (Inventor of the Week). Even as a child Whitney showed interest in machinery. During Whitney’s youth, he invented the nail-making machine, and later in life he devised the first milling machine, pain lessening devices for himself, and the idea of interchangeable parts, and “the father of the mass production method” (Whitney Museum). Although he invented a wide variety of machines and devices, the invention of the cotton gin (short for cotton engine) is what he is most known for.
He trained to be a corset maker but he became a tax collector instead. He was desperate for new opportunities. He met Benjamin Franklin he told him to go to America.
I hope I have answered the question “What was his personal life like?” good in here and would like to summarize by saying that he was able to overcome all odds to become a famous inventor that even had a movie made by him. I would also like to say that He made many, many products that we still use all from simple plants like peanuts in summary to the answer of the question “What did he actually do?”. He also had many hobbies that ended up in helping many people (“What did he like to do when he wasn’t working?”). I have found that this man that I knew nothing about before the report is one of the few real life people I know of that overcame so many things in his life that almost no one even knows
...l presented polluting influences, so new innovation must be imagined to dispose of them. Wrought iron was not effectively produced from mineral fuel pig iron until the center of the eighteenth century.
It only took the will of one man to drastically change religion and English government forever. That man was King Henry VIII of England who, throughout his reign, abused the power of the English monarchy with egotistical goals. He took power in 1509, and ruled until his death in 1547. His full name was Henry Tudor, and he strived to carry on his family name by making it his life goal to produce a son to inherit the throne. In this quest he married 6 times, broke England away from Catholicism, and contributed to the establishment of the English Protestant Reformation. King Henry VIII challenged order and initiated a period of turmoil in England with his tyrannical leadership style.
Industrialization was wide spread during the early 19th century largely due to the advancement of the railroad system. A system put into place that allowed businesses to transport their goods throughout the countryside. Unfortunately, the wrought iron that was used for the rails couldn’t hold up long enough under those extreme conditions. For this reason, another alternative was needed to keep everything functioning as it should. Andrew Carnegie, an immigrant from Scotland who started in the textile industry couldn’t let that opportunity slip by and with the use of the Bessemer process he was able to make a stronger metal out of pig iron.
the crafts of stonecutting, brick making and carpentry to carry out the work of construction. The only things he had to get elsewhere were the intricate fittings like brass locks and doorknobs or glass.
The beginnings of modern processing of iron can be traced back to central Europe in the mid-14th century BC. Pure iron has limited use in today’s world. Commercial iron always contains small amounts of carbon and other impurities that change its physical properties, which are much improved by the further addition of carbon and other alloying elements. This helps to prevent oxidation, also known as rust.
David Berkowitz was an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering six people in New York spanning from 1976-1977. David Berkowitz was originally named Richard David Falco, and he was born on June 1, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York. Shortly before his birth, his parents separated consequently leading to David being put up for adoption. At a young age Berkowitz was involved with rebellious habits including petty larceny as well as pyromania. Berkowitz was considered to have above-average intelligence, but he soon lost interest in school. One thing that I found was odd that despite all the misbehaviours, Berkowitz’s actions never cost him any legal consequences. At the age of 14, Berkowitz’s adoptive mother died due to breast cancer
Some of his inventions were improvements on other inventions, like the telephone. He didn’t “invent” the telephone he just made it better. Some of his inventions he did try to invent, like the light bulb and the movie projector. The one he is most proud of was pretty much an accident--the phonograph.
However, most metals in their natural states are less than the desired choice for the jobs they are required to do. For example, iron, although it is an incredibly strong metal in its natural form, it is delicate and rusts quite quickly in damp air. So to enhance the properties of the metal they are combined with other substances to create an alloy, which are often used instead of pure metals to generate a more durable product.