WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Braille
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Typewriter
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Bessemer Process
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Detailed explanation-1: -Steel. Invented in 1856 by Sir Henry Bessemer, the Bessemer process allowed for the mass-production of steel. Stronger and cheaper to produce, steel soon replaced iron in the building industry. By making it cost-effective to build new rail lines, steel enabled the rapid expansion of America’s railroad network.
Detailed explanation-2: -From a small-scale output of pig-iron, major developments in steel production took place during the second half of the 19th century. The Bessemer process (1855) made it possible to produce steel as ingots.
Detailed explanation-3: -The modern process is named after its inventor, the Englishman Henry Bessemer, who took out a patent on the process in 1856. The process was said to be independently discovered in 1851 by the American inventor William Kelly though the claim is controversial.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Bessemer process allowed the mass production of steel, a material that shaped our modern world. The Bessemer process was used in order to produce steel from wrought iron. It changed the steel industry and inspired further developments in steel making.