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Bessemer converter

[′bes·ə·mər kən′vərd·ər]
(metallurgy)
A pear-shaped, basic-lined, cylindrical vessel for producing steel by the Bessemer process.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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