C. L. Coffin

C.L. Coffin of Detroit was awarded US patent|428459 for an arc welding process using a metal electrode. This was the first time that metal melted from the electrode carried across the arc to deposit filler metal in the joint to make a weld. [Citation
last1 = Cary | first1 = Howard B.
last2 = Helzer | first2 = Scott C.
title = Modern Welding Technology
publisher = Pearson Education
location = Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
year = 2005
isbn = 0-1311-3029-3 ] About the same time, N.G. Slavianoff, a Russian, presented the same idea of transferring metal across an arc, but to cast metal in a mold. [Citation
last = Sapp
first = Mark
title = A History of Welding, from Hepheastus to Apollo
url=http://www.weldinghistory.org/whistoryfolder/welding/index.html
accessdate = 2008-09-21 ]

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