Nikolay Benardos

Nikolay Benardos was born on July 8, 1842, in Benardosivka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). During the 1860s and 1870s he investigated the electric arc, and he worked on this in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kineshma. Nikolay Benardos was the first to apply an electric arc to heat the edges of the steel sheets to the plastic state. He demonstrated a new way of metal compounds in Paris in 1881. He could not stay in the capital due to his financial state of affairs and in 1899 he moved to Fastiv. He died at the age of 63 in Fastiv. == M. M. Benardos Museum in Pereiaslav, Ukraine ==

The museum was established in Pereiaslav, Ukrainian SSR (modern Ukraine) in 1981 to commemorate 100 years after inventing the Elektrogefest. The museum consists of five rooms: a study, living room, workshop, laboratory and the exhibition hall. Будинок поміщика з с. Вороньків Бориспільського району. 1-а половина 19 ст.jpg|M. M. Benardos Museum in Pereiaslav 3 Bernardos.JPG|The study 4 Bernardos.JPG|The living room 6 Bernardos.JPG|The laboratory == References ==