I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament.
Henry BessemerAbout author
- Author's profession: Scientist
- Nationality: english
- Born: January 19, 1813
- Died: March 15, 1898
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