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Why did Henry Bessemer creat steel

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Henry Bessemer was essentially trying to reduce the cost of steel, and ended up finding a faster and more efficient way to make it.
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Bessemer had been trying to reduce the cost of steel-making for military ordnance, and developed his system for blowing air through molten pig iron to remove the impurities. ... This made steel easier, quicker and cheaper to manufacture, and revolutionized structural engineering.

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