Converter Furnace Small 281×320 Medium 562×640 Large 899×1024 Download TIFF Original 2106×2400 | (421.2 KB) Description "Matte is converted into blister copper by means of a process called Bessemerizing, in a furnace called a converter." -Brownlee 1907 Keywords Bessemer, bessemerizing, converter, copper, furnace Galleries Chemistry Apparatus Source: Brownlee, Raymond B., Fuller, Robert W., Hancock, William J., Sohon, Michael D., Whitsit, Jesee E. First Principles of Chemistry (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1907) 294