Metals had no
use till the time the technology came into being. The whole line of items such
as jewellery, equipments, weapons and tools could not be produced till the time
man found out how to fix or join together two different pieces of metal. While
the question of who invented soldering still remains a mystery, but there is a
very well known fact that in ancient times about 5000 years ago, the goldsmiths
in Egypt knew the art of sticking together pieces of metals. There was no other
way that they left a beautiful collection of handicrafts at that time. There
was certainly some use of solder bars, wires etc. to come up with such
creations.
Then, another
leap came around 4000 years ago, when man first discovered that tin can be
effectively used for soldering. From this point, the art of soldering has only
seen the upswing. This was discovered and it went on to spread the knowledge in
Mediterranean and to Romans, Spaniards, Tunesians and the list goes on and on.
This passing on led to further great improvements and developments in the
technology. Like it is said, the more the merrier.
While no single
culture or time can be declared as more beneficial than the other, but there
are some instances that shows the level of contribution that different cultures
had made to this technology. For instance, people saw Romans who went on to
make water pipes that were nearly 400 km long made with lead metal. This was
coupled with some great artwork of goldsmiths and armourers.
At present, we
can see that soldering has developed into a separate stream of engineering in
the electronics field. The skill of soldering has reached an altogether
different level - technology has given various tools such as solder sticks,
solder bars, wires, fluxes etc. The electronic industry has done wonders for
the world today and this would not have been possible without the art of
soldering that has been passed on since centuries. This is why people do not
underestimate the power of soldering.
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