[TheForge] History-blacksmithing-welding-?

[Ralph]

At 07:08 PM 10/6/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone know of a book that gives good detailsand dates on the history
>of when the differant types (carbon ark, gas, ect) of welding came in to
>use?
>
>Dan Rathburn
>Elgin, IL USA
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I forgot the title (and it is packed away somewheres, but a welding text 
book will. Electric welding was first used in the later 1880's if I 
remember correctly. Tho it might be the 1890's. And gas welding came about 
in the early 1900's ( perhaps 1910?)
Forge welding was probably shortly after blacksmithing was started.


Ralph


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