Elwood Haynes

Elwood Haynes was an American inventor, metallurgist, automotive pioneer, entrepreneur and industrialist. He invented the metal alloy stellite and independently co-discovered martensitic stainless steel along with Englishman Harry Brearley in 1912. With the Apperson brothers, he formed the first company in the United States to produce automobiles profitably. Haynes ran an unsuccessful campaign in Indiana for the U.S. Senate in...