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Bessemer
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Henry
Sir
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1813-1898
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MEN
OF
THE
DAY
.
No
.
231
.
SIR
HENRY
BESSEMER
,
C.E
.
Born
eight
and
sixty
years
ago
,
Sir
Henry
Bessemer
began
life
as an
artist
and
exhibited
pictures
fifty
years
since
. But he
preferred
modeling
to
painting
, and as he
modeled
he
found
that he
preferred
mechanics
to
both
. A
man
of
great
natural
powers
,
indomitable
energy
, and
unwearied
tenacity
, he
worked
in
various
directions
until
at
length
he
hit
upon
a
new
method
of
making
steel
so
much
more
cheaply
and
more
speedily
than any
hitherto
known
, that
it
has
already
caused
iron
to be
all
but
entirely
superseded
, has
ruined
or
revolutionized
all
the
iron-works
of the
country
, and has
made
a
colossal
and
well-earned
fortune
for
Sir
Henry
himself
. He
is
a
simple
orderly
man
of
precise
habits
and
well-regulated
affections
. He
daily
takes
two
"
constitutional
"
walks
of a
mile
each
; he
is
devoted
to his
grandchildren
; and he
is
very
fond
of
gardening
. He has
laid
out
for
himself
, at
Denmark
Hill
,
lakes
,
ferneries
, and
looking-glasses
in
wonderful
fashion
. He
invented
a
swinging
saloon
which
was to
prevent
sea-sickness
, but
which
has not
yet
been
successful
in
practice
; he
it
was
who
first
originated
the
idea
of the
form
of the
Livadia
; he
believes
there
is
much
jobbery
in
all
Government
dockyards
and
works
; and he has
now
devoted
himself
to
Astronomy
, and
is
engaged
in
completing
and in
erecting
in his
garden
the
largest
telescope
in the
world
, with a
four-foot
lens
.
Altogether
he
is
one
of the
strongest
,
ablest
,
simplest
men
of his
time
. He
is
entirely
unknown
to the
fine
ladies
and
gentlemen
.
VANITY
FAIR
;
Nov
.
6
1880
.
Vincent
Brooks
Day
&
Son
,
Lith
. "
Steel
".
Caption
Men
of the
Day
-
No
.
231
Keywords
Portrait
with
biliographical
sheet
.
Artist
Vincent
,
Brooks
,
Day
&
Son
Artistic Medium
Lithograph
Language
English
Type
Image
Format
jpeg2000
Source
Large Portrait Collection
Special Collection
History of Science Collections
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