[ 13]British patent 2489, November 24, 1854
[ 14]Bessemer, op. cit. (footnote 7), p. 137 He received British patent 66, dated January 10, 1855
[ 15]See James W. Dredge, "Henry Bessemer 1813-1898," Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1898, vol. 19, p. 911
[ 16]See U.S. Patent Office, Decision of Commissioner of Patents, dated April 13, 1857, in Kelly vs. Bessemer Interference. This is further discussed below (p. 42)
[ 17]Dredge, op. cit. (footnote 15), p. 912