Success
When perfected, the new alloy was 300 times stronger than other types at that time. Chromel is made of 80% nickel and 20% chromium (though other ratios are used for special purpose nichrome appliations). The US patent was granted February 1906, in Marsh's name, and later sold to Hoskins Manufacturing.
By Hoskins's own account, he was deeply involved in the experimentation process, and not simply a funder.
Toasters, dental furnaces and chromel wire for home appliance manufacturers were the first focus of the Hoskins company. The first two were unprofitable and were later dropped. The company concentrated on manufacturing the chromel wire.
Marsh served as chief engineer and general manager of Hoskins Manufacturing Co. in Detroit. He was named president of the firm in 1915.
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