Permanent historical factsheet

Invention of Hot Blast

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1828Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1828

James Beaumont Nelson1828

Science / Technology

Hot blast, patented by James Beaumont Neilson in 1828, was the most important development of the 19th century for saving energy in making pig iron

Names involved

James Beaumont Nelson

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.