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open-hearth process: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Siemens-Martin process

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Open-hearth furnace.
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Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
Sir William Siemens
German-born English engineer and inventor
Pierre-Émile Martin.
Pierre-Émile Martin
French engineer
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John Fritz
American engineer