Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer scottie He was a distant relative

He was a distant relative of William of Prussia

An astrologer casting a horoscope

Portrait of American politician Bankhead

Plate 11 from the paper 'On the passage of the ovum from the ovaria to the uterus in women' by Everard Home

California during their visit to the USA

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer scottie He was a distant relativeSir 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