Nikolay Benardos
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Nikolay Benardos
Nikolay Nikolayevich Benardos (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Бенардо́с) (1842–1905) was a Russian inventor who in 1881 introduced carbon arc welding, which was the first practical arc welding method.
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The patent for the arc welding method named Elektrogefest ("Electric Hephaestus") granted to Benardos and his sponsor Stanisław Olszewski in 1887
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A Soviet postage stamp dedicated to the hundredth anniversary of the invention of arc welding
References
- Biography of Benardos by A. A. Chekanov (Russian)
- Benardos Nikolay Nikolayevich at weldworld.ru (Russian)
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