Henry Bessemer's Impact On The Energy Industry

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Technology helped industry expand in various ways. The new technological inventions and creations sped up production processes, improved chemical product production, and introduced usable electricity for energy purposes. For example, new technology that sped up production rates created by engineers, such as Henry Bessemer and his new “process to purify iron ore and produce a new substance, steel” (244), helped production and construction rates soar. Because of steel’s lighter, more durable properties, it quickly became the main material in projects. Many new chemical inventions improved daily life in large ways. “Chemists created hundreds of new projects, from medicines such as aspirin to perfumes and soaps. Newly developed chemical fertilizers

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