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    Benjamin Huntsman (4 June 1704 – 20 June 1776) was an English inventor and manufacturer of cast or crucible steel. Huntsman was born the fourth child...
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  • Benjamin Huntsman DL (21 March 1820 – 27 June 1893) was an English first-class cricketer and colliery owner. The son of Francis Huntsman, he was born in...
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    near Handsworth is Benjamin Huntsman. Although he was born in Lincolnshire, he lived for some years at Handsworth in the 1740s. Huntsman made a highly significant...
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    breaking. In Europe, crucible steel was developed by Benjamin Huntsman in England in the 18th century. Huntsman used coke rather than coal or charcoal, achieving...
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    Thus, it is generally considered to mark the birth of alloy steels. Benjamin Huntsman was one of the first to begin adding other metals to steel. His process...
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    these goods were probably sent to Finland and even Russia. By 1740, Benjamin Huntsman was making straight razors complete with decorated handles and hollow-ground...
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    Huntsman Sr. (June 21, 1937 – February 2, 2018) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder and executive chairman of Huntsman...
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    penetration was not very deep, so the alloy was not homogeneous. In 1740, Benjamin Huntsman began melting blister steel in a crucible to even out the carbon content...
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    principle with the Bessemer process, was developed in Europe. In 1740, Benjamin Huntsman developed the crucible technique for steel manufacture, at his workshop...
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  • Benjamin Huntsman Williams (10 June 1944 – 3 August 1978) was a Rhodesian first-class cricketer. Williams, a left-arm fast-medium bowler, was a good enough...
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    Canadian scientist Benjamin Huntsman, 18th-century English inventor John A. Huntsman, decorated 19th-century American soldier Robert Huntsman (born 1955), American...
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    to which motor design has yet attained", by The Times in 1913. The Benjamin Huntsman Clock, the first manufactured object to contain Crucible Cast Steel...
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    early modern crucible steel industry resulted from the invention of Benjamin Huntsman in the 1740s. Blister steel (made as above) was melted in a crucible...
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  • Friedrich decided to discover the secret of cast (crucible) steel. Benjamin Huntsman, a clockmaker from Sheffield, had pioneered a process to make crucible...
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    steel (at the time also called cast steel), a process devised by Benjamin Huntsman in Sheffield in the 1740s. In the early modern period, brass, an alloy...
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    1740s the crucible steel process was improved by Sheffield resident Benjamin Huntsman, allowing a much better production quality. At about the same time...
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    England was considered to be the center of the cutlery industry. Benjamin Huntsman produced the first superior hard steel grade, through a special crucible...
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    Parliamentarianism Constitutional monarchy English crucible steel – Benjamin Huntsman Steel production Bessemer process – Henry Bessemer Hydraulic press...
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    congregation of this Presbyterian Church began meeting at the Chapel. Benjamin Huntsman, inventor William Staniforth, surgeon The exterior of the chapel was...
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    Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) is an NCI-designated cancer research facility and hospital located on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake...
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    1740s thanks to the availability of the new "Huntsman" or "Crucible" steel first produced by Benjamin Huntsman sometime in the early 1740s, which enabled...
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    innovations in these fields have been made in Sheffield, for example Benjamin Huntsman discovered the crucible technique in the 1740s at his workshop in...
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    in 1770 by Joseph Priestley c. 1740: Modern steel was developed by Benjamin Huntsman 1741: Vitus Bering discovers Alaska 1745: Leyden jar invented by Ewald...
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  • affections principales des lignes géométriques de tous les ordres [sic]. Benjamin Huntsman develops the technique of crucible steel production at Handsworth...
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    British-American poet and Christian hymnwriter (b. 1708) June 20 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor, manufacturer (b. 1704) July 7 – Jeremiah Markland...
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  • 1668 – Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar (b. 1620) 1776 – Benjamin Huntsman, English businessman (b. 1704) 1787 – Carl Friedrich Abel, German...
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    Connexion, born in Epworth Ian Botham, cricketer, former resident Benjamin Huntsman, inventor and manufacturer, born Epworth 1704 Sheridan Smith, actress...
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    possible by the invention of small tempered springs by the clockmaker Benjamin Huntsman in 1742. The first spring-fired switchblade that can be authenticated...
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  • by William Champion 1740 – Crucible steel technique developed by Benjamin Huntsman 1774 – Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen Johann Gottlieb Gahn discovers...
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  • William Battie, English psychiatrist (born 1703 or 1704) June 20 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (born 1704) November 17 – James...
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