The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-17
NOT APPRECIATED.
GOSH BULLS HEAhN1Ss TOWARD A
FOREMOST INVENTOR.

Josh BULLS NtANktec TOWhhD a |
FOREMOST INVENTOR
an Thtne. BEitish Tried Hard 10 Crvsh |
tss Dt.-ss.r.r ~ the "Ise-..nsr proc. |
go ~. Sr..i Change wrought b, the |
Ins.ntias t,s-.s,asr'. safety stamp.
Tho iuvauior q the celebrated "Bes-
fomer pusr--s" Is the most modest 81
iIsu. stunning rather than counting Oh
ssrvaiiuu A few years since be was
smetimss o. D. ss-on taking a "consti.
tuiional'' IN the neighburhood q his I'M
fIrtfsutilus al-pie at Denmark Hill. in
Eugland bat the venerable gentleman
With th. benevolent face. in the old
flshiutei fr1-k coat and voluminous,
many folded choker neckcloth, il now
rarely ssen even by his immediate neigh
blrs.
The British public. the British gov
eminent and British manufacturers did
theif very best At one time 10 crush one
q the most useful men ever born in
Britain, and failed unanimously. Shelf
field laughed at him. and Woolwich gave
him the official cold shoulder. but Shelf
field and Woolwich would he crippled
indeed at the present time were IL not
for "Be-semer steel" Yet, even now,
although foreign potentates have show
erred crosses and stars upon him, the
English government has not conferred
upon him any honor more important
than an ordinary knighthood, and this
in spite Of the fact that he has created
one If the largest and most important
industries I'm the world
Some fascinating calculations, made
by Sir Henry himself, prove that one
years production of Bessemer steel
might be represented by a solid column
16 y times the height Of st. Paul's ca
thedral, and as thick through as an Or
binary gasometer-about 100 feet.
Henry Bessemer, son Of the late Mr..
Anthony Bessemer, was born in Hert-
Yorkshire in the year 1918. His earlier
years were devoted to art, and we find
that he was an exhibitor at the Royal
academy at the age of 20. At this early
age he had discovered means by which
impressions Of the designs ON coins,
medals and other reliefs could be repro
duced in any numbers on cardboard.
Some Of his work in this line is still ex-
tart, ana When specimens come INTO the
market they bring high prices.
This led hlm indirectly TO more
important invention. he discovered that
the government OF the time was robbed
10 the tune OF tloo'OoO per ainum py
interruptions persons VINO We're IN the
habit OF removing the embossed duty
STAMPS ON legal anu other documents
and using the same again. Young bes-
semer invented the useful httle contrlv-
ance by which the stamp is embossed on
the paper or parchment OF the document
lt7en' ana submitted II 10 'he 'neh cniei
OF the stamp department at somerset
House.
Inc po'ehtate IN question ga" the ao-
, vantage OF TINS system at a g'ance' ana
r soon afterwsfd the authorities expressed
I their Willingness 10 make use OF H.
b pretty l'tIe story Is cohnec.eu Win this
invention "hen MS hodel was cofh-
pieted' bes1einer shoWeu IL 10 'he young
Iady toWhoh ne WIS tnen engaged ner
hrst comment upon IL showed ,hat she
was Wen iitted 10 become the VIE Oh an
inventor. she said' ..
les iuIuers'a,iu TINS pu. surely II
all stamps mad date put upon them,
they conld not at future tiihe pe used
again WITHOUT ue'ec'ioh'
ms proven very 'aiuaoie sueses-
tioh' tor besselier soon MT upon inc iuea
, OF s'eei ne WIN space ior hioVapie
DATE and III thatiorlh ms Invention was