38 Lange, Bessemer, Goransson and Miishet. 



for the furnishing of a suite of rooms in Windsor Castle. 

 With this good introduction the material became popular 

 and fashionable, and, I may add, profitable. I increased 

 the demand by lowering the price, and when it got down 

 to one shilling per yard I sold the machinery to a manu- 

 facturer of Utrecht velvet at Banbury; the price eventually 

 came down to twopence per yard, and then omnibusses 

 and cabs were lined wiih it. My great difficulty was, that 

 I could find no one capable of preparing the rolls, and had, 

 as a last resource, to do it myself. 



Your affectionate uncle, 



Henry Bessemer. 



This remarkable letter was written in his 85th year, 

 a year before his death. 



I am sorry that I cannot send you a copy of the letter 

 Sir Henry Bessemer sent to me about the same time. I 

 hope I have it in my papers. 



Sir Henry's sister. Miss Bessemer, at one time 

 taught the Princess Victoria, before she became Queen, 

 art embroidery and blazonry at the old Kensington 

 Palace. The Princess became an adept at the needle- 

 work of crests and banners and such like decorative 

 work. If ever I find the last letter I will send you a copy. 

 Yours sincerely, 



W. H. Bailev. 



Note 2. Bessemer and the ExJiibition of iS^i. 



Bessemer exhibited some of his patented sugar-re- 

 fining machinery and glass-polishing apparatus at the first 

 International Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in 185 1. At 

 this Exhibition the most important exhibits of steel were 

 those of Krupp, and from Siegen came a fine exhibit of 

 Spiegeleisen, the potential possibilities of which were 

 little realised at the time by those who saw it, and who 

 were later to be connected with the Bessemer process. 



Note J. TJie British Association and Bessemer and other 

 aiUJiors of Papers. 



In the Report of tJie Transactions of the British Asso- 

 ciation for 1856 only the title and the author of the paper 



