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Who invented resistance welding in 1877?
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Shielded metal arc welding.
Resistance welding was indeed invented by the American inventor Elihu Thomson in 1877. This process, sometimes referred to as the Thomson process, generates the heat required for joining metallic parts through the electrical resistance of the joint itself.123