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James Beaumont Neilson
1792Jun, 22

James Beaumont Neilson

James Beaumont Neilson, Scottish engineer and businessman (d. 1865)
James Beaumont Neilson (22 June 1792 – 18 January 1865) was a Scottish inventor whose hot-blast process greatly increased the efficiency of smelting iron.

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