[TheForge] History-blacksmithing-welding-?

[Ralph E Douglass]

> 
> The art of blacksmithing was developed during the middle ages.  Many tools
> have been found which were made approximately 1000 B.C.
well this is not too clear. 1000 b.c. is long before middle ages. 


> 
> Acetylene was discovered in 1836 in England.

And while the gas had been discovered then it was not used in welding
untill about 1900
> 
> A patent was granted for arc welding in England in 1885 and the U S in 1887.
> 
Ralph
					
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