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.
Updated: 06/16/2017 by. Short for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator, the ENIAC was the first electronic computer used for general purposes, such as solving numerical problems. It was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania in an effort to calculate artillery firing tables for the United States Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory.