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Old 07-06-2011, 02:49 PM   #106
Sundae
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
There is no steel in nature. God came to Bessemer in a Sheffield whorehouse, explaining how to mass produce steel, and make England rich.
In a pub shurely?
Given that there are more pubs named after him than whorehouses.

Either that, or He made Bessemer immune to the pox in order to facilitate his process - he lived til 85. Not a bad innings, especially in those days.
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