In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many … - Henry Bessemer

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Henry Bessemer

In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone.

Allowed, Although, Curiosity, Induced, Intimate, Secrecy

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I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem in as much as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right.

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It is true I had been successful on a small scale in overcoming one of the main difficulties in the new process, but there was still much to invent, and much that at that period I necessarily knew nothing about.

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I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery

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I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament.

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We fixed on No. 4, Queen Street Place, for our City offices, and it was from there that so many of my patented inventions were dated.

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