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    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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  • James Neilson may refer to: James Beaumont Neilson (1792–1865), Scottish inventor of iron-smelting processes James Crawford Neilson (1816–1900), Baltimore...
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    Scotland. James Beaumont Neilson was a Scottish inventor whose hot-blast process greatly increased the efficiency of smelting iron. Neilson trained as...
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    heating. Hot blast was invented and patented for iron furnaces by James Beaumont Neilson in 1828 at Wilsontown Ironworks[citation needed] in Scotland, but...
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    preheating the combustion air (hot blast), patented by Scottish inventor James Beaumont Neilson in 1828. Archaeological evidence shows that bloomeries appeared...
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    large scale quantities of wrought iron. Hot blast, patented by James Beaumont Neilson in 1828, greatly lowered the amount of fuel needed to smelt iron...
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  • engineer Robert Napier – marine engineer, co-founder of Cunard Line James Beaumont Neilson – inventor Sir William Ramsay – chemist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin...
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    for his chemical discoveries. In 1828, he became a partner with James Beaumont Neilson in a firm to exploit the latter's patent for the hot blast blowing...
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    commentator. Alistair MacLean (1922-1987), 20th century novelist. James Beaumont Neilson (1792-1865), engineer, created hot blast iron smelting. Charles...
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    due to the reduced moisture in cool winter air. The discovery by James Beaumont Neilson in about 1825 of the beneficial effects of the hot blast led to...
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