The Bessemer Steel Process was invented in 1864 by Mr. H Bessemer. This process was later used all over the world to make steel cheaper and more durable. The process worked very well because the furnace was able to blow air from the bottom mixing in the pure black coal with the steel; carbonating it. Without the pure black coal the steel would be very brittle because it still has all of the impurities in it, and with the impurities it is not as much much weaker then it would be without all of the impurities. The black coal makes all of the impurities come to the top so that you can scrape them off. Without this process the world would be very, very different because almost everything is made out of steel, and most of our buildings are made out of steel so without steel being plentiful and cheap, life would be much different. When Mr. H Bessemer invented this process he thought about the way the Germans made steel, but he knew he had to make it faster otherwise he would not make steel fast enough to meet people's needs. So he made a furnace that, instead of heating cooling, heating cooling, it would be done all in one shot. Mr. Bessemer was also a very not necessarily a very good businessman, but Andrew Carnige helped him expand his empire of steel. From this he got very, very rich. He also helped people get around for cheaper making 100 dollars per ton of steel 18 dollars per ton of steel at that time, this was favored over wood because not only was it a little bit more expensive but it was much more durable and would last forever. This also helped us to build up and not just at 11 stories high. We could also build railroads for much cheaper, and later on cars.
