List of Illustrations

• Portrait of Sir Henry Bessemer
• Copy in relief of Raphael Cartoon
• Copy of oval medallion
• Extract from Dr. Ures Dictionary Electro-Metallurgy
• Government Deed Stamp
• Bessemer Perforated Stamp
• Cancelled stamp
• Facsimile of Lord Beaconsfields Letter
• Method of Compressing Plumbago Dust
• reproduction of double-head medallion, Napoleon and Josephine
• reproduction of Napoleon medal
• reproduction of medallion of Minerva head
• detail of Youngs composing machine
• Youngs composing machine
• reproduction of stamped Utrecht velvet"
• diagram showing base of pyramids for bronze powder
• Sugar-cane passing between rolls
• Side elevation of the Bessemer sugar-press
• Vertical section and plan of the sugar-cane press, 1849
• Section of Fireclay Saucer and Glass Disc
• Experiment showing Air Carried into a Viscid Fluid by a Stirrer
• Furnace for Making Optical Glass
• Furnace and Rolls for making Continuous Sheet Glass
• Furnace and Rolls for making Continuous Sheet Glass
• Elevation and Section of Glass Works Designed by Mr. Longsdon
• Bessemer's Pneumatic Polishing Table for Plate Glass
• Section of Experimental Mortar
• Model of Bessemers revolving shot
• Sections of Furnace for Making Malleable Iron
• Section of Crucible with Blow-pipe
• Section of Vertical Convertor
• Sections of Vertical Convertor with upper chamber
• Section of Convertor, Ladle, and Hydraulic Ingot Mould
• The First Form of Bessemer Moveable Convertor and Ladle
• Early form of Bessemer Converting Plant at Sheffield
• Bessemer Plant at Sheffield: Convertor, Ladle and Crane, and Casting Pit
• Plan of Bessemer Plant at Sheffield
• Ingot Crane; Bessemer Plant at Sheffield
• Malleable Iron Ingot
• Specimens of Bessemer Steel Gun Tubes, Etc
• Bessemer Steel Boiler Plate being pressed into a Cup
• Bessemer Steel Boiler Plate pressed into a Cup, 1861
• Square Bar of Bessemer Metal Twisted Cold, and shown at Sheffield, 1861
• Square Bar of Bessemer Steel Twisted Cold, and shown at Sheffield, 1861
• Square Bars of Bessemer Steel Twisted Cold, and shown at Sheffield, 1861
• Pressing Bessemer Steel Block for Rifle Barrel
• Disintegrated Wrought-Iron Bars
• Bessemer Mild-Steel Bar, Flattened under Hammer
• Particulars of Tool Steel supplied to Woolwich, 1859
• Bessemer Steel Locomotive Tyre tested under hammer
• Section of Bessemer Steel Gun supplied to the Belgian Government, 1860
• Forged Bessemer Steel Gun with test pieces