This element is a solid. Nickel is classified as a Transition Metal which are located in Groups 3 - 12 of the Periodic Table. Elements classified as Transition Metals are generally described as ductile, malleable, and able to conduct electricity and heat.
The man who invented the first ATM cash machine has died, aged 84, after a short illness. John Shepherd-Barron, cash machine inventor, dies Photo: BOBBY NELSON.
Rockville Centre ATM Opened to Public. Don Wetzel, an employee at the Texas-based baggage-handling technology company called Docutel, was waiting in line at the bank one day in 1968 when he got an idea for a machine that could perform the functions of a bank teller.