Nikolay Benardos
| Nikolay Nikolayevich Benardos | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
July 8, 1842 Benardosivka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died |
September 21, 1905 Fastiv, Russian Empire |
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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.
Biography
Nikolay Benardos was born on July 8, 1842 in Benardosivka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Mostove Bratske Raion Mykolaiv Oblast Ukraine).
During 60–70 years of XIX century he investigated the electric arc, and he worked on this in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kineshma.[1] Nikolay Benardos was the first to apply an electric arc to heat the edges of the steel sheets to the plastic state.[1] He demonstrated a new way of metal compounds in Paris in 1881.[1]
He could not stay in the capital due to his financial state of affairs and in 1899 he moved to Fastiv (now Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine).[1]
He died at the age of 63 in Fastiv.[1]
M. M. Benardos Museum in Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
The museum was established in Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi (Ukraine) in 1981 to commemorate 100 years after inventing the Elektrogefest.[1] The museum consists of five rooms: a study, living room, workshop, laboratorу and the exhibition hall.
M. M. Benardos Museum in Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi
The study
The living room
The laboratorу
References
External links
- Biography of Benardos by A. A. Chekanov (Russian)
- Benardos Nikolay Nikolayevich at weldworld.ru (Russian)
- БЕНАРДОС Микола Миколайович (Ukrainian)