James Beaumont Neilson

James Beaumont Neilson was a Scottish inventor whose hot-blast process greatly increased the efficiency of smelting iron.

22 June 1792

Born on the same birth day (22 June): AD 1000 • Bruce Campbell • Bruce Kent • Erich Maria Remarque • George Vancouver • Hendrikus Colijn • Joey Cheek • Jung Yong-hwa • Larry Junstrom • Linda Bond • Loris Karius • Margrit Klinger • Milan Vidmar • Miri Yu • Paul Morphy • Rubén Martínez (footballer, born 1984) • Sayf al-Dawla • Shah Mahmood Qureshi • Sione Lauaki • Soraia Chaves • Terttu Savola • Ura Kazuki • Wilhelm von Humboldt

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