Albert L. Marsh
Inventor
1877 – 1944
Who was Albert L. Marsh?
Albert Leroy Marsh, was an American metallurgist. In 1905 he co-invented the first metallic alloy from which a high-resistance wire could be made that could be used as a durable and safe heating element. While working at Hoskins Manufacturing, the company of chemist, electrical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur William Hoskins the two experimented for several years until the alloy was perfected. The material was patented that year as chromel, later and still today marketed as nichrome. For this invention, Marsh was acclaimed as "father of the electrical heating industry".
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- Born
- 1877
- Also known as
- Albert Marsh
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- 1944
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on July 23, 2013
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