With the invention of the oxy-acetylene torch, it took 1 man 12 minutes to cut out the same porthole!
The oxy-acetylene torch that revolutionised the building industry would never have been invented had it not been for a series of accidents which started in 1836......
......read more in the September 2013 issue of AUS-e-NEWS.
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Without acetylene manufacturing industries growth would have slow down. By modern techniques acetylene production from hydrocarbons is much safer than old carbide process.
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