Contributions from

The Museum of History and Technology:

Paper 3

The Beginnings of Cheap Steel

Philip W. Bishop

STEEL BEFORE THE 1850's [ 29]
BESSEMER AND HIS COMPETITORS [ 30]
ROBERT MUSHET [ 33]
EBBW VALE AND THE BESSEMER PROCESS [ 35]
MUSHET AND BESSEMER [ 37]
WILLIAM KELLY'S AIR-BOILING PROCESS [ 42]
CONCLUSIONS [ 46]

THE BEGINNINGS OF CHEAP STEEL

By Philip W. Bishop