Tungsten General Electric's attempt to patent it, overturning granted in 1913 to William D. Coolidge. Tungsten Tungsten, or wolfram, is a chemical element with symbol W and atomic number 74. The name "tungsten" comes from the former Swedish name for the tungstate mineral "scheelite", "tung sten" or "heavy stone". Tungsten is a rare metal found naturally on Earth almost exclusively combined with other elements in chemical compounds rather than alone. It was identified as a new element in 1781 and first isolated as a metal in 1783. Its important ores include wolframite and scheelite. The free element is remarkable for its
The Incredible Melting Man Rainbeaux Smith, best known for her appearances in B movies and exploitation films, appeared in "The Incredible Melting Man" as a model who finds one of West's victims while trying to avoid a photographer seeking to take explicit photos of her. Producer Max Rosenberg, best known for his horror and supernatural films, provided the financing for "The Incredible Melting Man." Samuel W. Gelfman was the film's producer, and American International Pictures served as both the production company and the distributor. According to Sachs, Gelfman and Rosenberg decided during shooting that a straight horror film would be more financially successful than