Stanisław Olszewski (1852–1898) was a Polish

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and inventor. He is best known as the co-creator of the technology of arc welding (along with Nikolay Benardos).

Biography

He studied in

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at the University of Liège. Upon his return to Poland ( Privislinsky Krai,

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), he became one of technical directors in the Lilpop, Rau i Loewenstein factory in

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, and then the company's representative for all of

. He also served as a general secretary of three Russian technological syndicates and simultaneously started his own company in Sankt Petersburg. In 1881–82, together with Nikolay Benardos, a Russian engineer, he developed a method of carbon arc welding patented in France in 1885 and in the US in 1887. He was also a known benefactor and sponsor of, among others, the Polish Gymnasium of

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. He died 15 July 1898 in

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. His body was then transported to Poland and buried at the Powązki Cemetery.

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Stanisław Olszewski
1852 births 1898 deaths People from Congress Poland Engineers from the Russian Empire 19th-century Polish engineers Polish inventors University of Liège alumni Burials at Powązki Cemetery {{poland-engineer-stub