William Kelly

Background

An American ironmaster in Kentucky.

Contribution

Independently developed an air-blown ('pneumatic') steelmaking process in the 1850s, contemporaneous with Bessemer, leading to patent disputes over priority.

Associated inventions

• Bulk Steel (Bessemer Process)

Collaborators & contemporaries

• Henry Bessemer

Sources & further reading

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• Encyclopædia Britannica — technology & biography topic articlesEncyclopædia Britannica · Encyclopedia
• Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW)IEEE / United Engineering Foundation · Professional body

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