Sir Henry Bessemer. Colour lithograph by Sir L. Ward [Spy], 1880.

Sir Henry Bessemer. Mezzotint by T. O. Barlow after R. Lehmann.

Engineering: the Bessemer smelting furnace installed at Baxter House, St Pancras Road, London. Wood engraving, 1856.

Iron: various machines involved in the Bessemer process of steel manufacture. Engraving c.1861.

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