The True Story of Cast Steel (Was Bessemer a liar?)

When the English clockmaker Benjamin Huntsman pulled his first crucible of melted steel out of a furnace in the 1740s, he had no idea the ripples it would send through history. Its status as one of the top tool steels has been obscured by a narrative that I (and maybe you) have always assumed was true. This is the true story of crucible cast steel.

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Download Barraclough's history of crucible steel and steelmaking in Sheffield:
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Sources:
Barraclough, Kenneth Charles. The Development Of The Early
Steelmaking Processes, An Essay In The History Of Technology. 1981. University of Sheffield. PhD dissertation.
Barraclough, Kenneth Charles. The Development Of The Early
Steelmaking Processes, An Essay In The History Of Technology, Supplementary Volume. 1981. University of Sheffield. PhD dissertation.
Burnham, T. H. and Carnegie, David. Liquid Steel: Its Manufacture And Cost. Longmans, Green And Co. 1918G. O. Hoskins. Iron And Steel In Britain 1870-1930. George Allen & Unwin, 1943.
Davies, Rodger. "Links Between the Mechanic Trade." Tools and Trades Newsletter, no. 52, 1996.
Gordon, Robert. American Iron, 1607–1900. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Harris, J.R. The British Iron Industry 1700-1850. Macmillan Education. 1988.

Sources related to Bessemer's claim about scrap steel:
The Journal Of The Iron And Steel Institute. No. 2. The Iron And Steel Institute, 1880.
The Journal Of The Iron And Steel Institute. No. 2. The Iron And Steel Institute, 1881.
The Journal Of The Iron And Steel Institute. No. 2. The Iron And Steel Institute, 1884.
First Report of the Royal Commission Appointed To Inquire Into The Depression Of Trade And Industry_ Royal Commission On The Depression Of Trade And Industry. 1886.
Final Report of the Royal Commission Appointed To Inquire Into The Depression Of Trade And Industry. Royal Commission On The Depression Of Trade And Industry. 1886.
Bessemer, Henry. _Sir Henry Bessemer, F.R.S., An Autobiography. Offices of Engineering, 1905.