Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer AstroTurf Original is oil on canvas

Original is oil on canvas 45x60

One or the other can be raised to let through a ship while traffic is diverted to the alternative route

Kensington Gravel Pits

a 'Great Gogle Ey'd Beetle' ('Carabus Indiae Orientalis maximus')

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer AstroTurf Original is oil on canvasSir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881. Bessemer (1813 1898) was a prolific inventor, but is best known for discovering the Bessemer Process for manufacturing steel, which made the cheap production of steel in bulk possible for the first time. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock