Arc welding prizes established by Lincoln Electric company

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers has accepted the custody of $17,500, to be awarded in three prizes of $10,000, $5000 and $2500, respectively for first, second and third prize for the “three best papers disclosing new information that will tend to advance the art of arc welding.” This fund has been established through the generosity of the Lincoln Electric Company, organized by Paul M. Lincoln, Past-president of the Institute. The company is now under the management of his brothers, James F. Lincoln and John Cromwell Lincoln, who have also been members of the Institute since 1908.