Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer mb-code 1958-0202-32 Parkinson Leverian Museum

Parkinson Leverian Museum

A mill on Blackheath

The River Thames at Battersea

Mr Punch plays Macbeth to the three witches who represent the Emperors of Germany

Gladys Knight & the Pips

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer mb-code 1958-0202-32 Parkinson Leverian MuseumSir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881. Bessemer (1813 1898) was a prolific inventor, but is best known for discovering the Bessemer Process for manufacturing steel, which made the cheap production of steel in bulk possible for the first time. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock