Career Beginnings
While working with an electric storage battery and doing technical writing, he began experimenting with nickel and chromium alloys during his spare time. In 1904, in need of better place to work on his wiring project and more funding, he made a business arrangement with William Hoskins of Chicago; Hoskins was with Mariner & Hoskins, a leading firm of consulting chemists. He hired Marsh at a small salary – while giving him permission to work on the alloy project during his spare time. When later formed as Hoskins Manufacturing Company, the business relocated to Detroit, Michigan.
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