Thursday, September 5, 2013

Acetylene by Accident

Before the discovery of acetylene, it could take 7 men 10 days to chip out a porthole on a steel ship.
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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1 comment:

  1. UnknownAugust 27, 2014 at 3:07 AM

    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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