I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery.
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The bronze powder business, however, no longer required my personal attention, and was well managed by those I had chosen as the guardians of a secret, which was long and honourably kept.Henry Bessemer
Nevertheless, several of my friends have from time to time tried to induce me to write a concise account of my steel invention in my own quiet way.
Henry Bessemer
In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone.
Henry Bessemer
My life at this time was pretty much one of hard work and steady attention to business, from which I could only snatch short intervals.
Henry Bessemer
The ordinary bronze powder is, as before mentioned, made from an exceedingly thin leaf of beaten metal, resembling an ordinary leaf of gold.
Henry Bessemer
I fear this little episode does not speak very favourably for my business capacity in those early days, for I certainly ought to have made much more than I did by this really important invention.
Henry Bessemer
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