Report of Steel in Europe in 19th Century
Before the 19th century, people used wood to melt iron. But wood became scarce because a huge amount of people heat wood in the home and in some other places. Later, people found iron can be smelted by using coke. So coal is demanded for the steel industry. In 1805-1807, Murdock built a gas works supplying the cotton mill for illumination and this technology was used in smelting iron later. People tried to get as much coal as they can, so they went into deeper ground and exploit more coals. Steam engines played a big role in this process. It made this dream become possible. One other very important technology is compressed air to blast furnaces because it can make high quality of iron. There was a big change in the steel industry in 1855 that Englishman Henry Bessemer invented a new process for refining and mass producing steel. It can help makes things other than knife and similar articles. Many other industries grow quickly by the steel industry growth. The growth of the steel industry helped the architecture industry a lot. They could build a better bridge or buildings in a faster way. However, when the use of steel becomes more variety, people began to worry about the origin source of STEEL, such as coal, mine and iron. So they try to find concur other poor countries to get the resource they need. In other words, the growth of the steel industry is one the cause of wars in the 19th century.
