Osmium introduced commercially in 1902. After only a few years, osmium was replaced by the more stable metal tungsten. Tungsten has the highest melting point among all metals, and its use in light bulbs increases the luminous efficacy and life of incandescent lamps. The light bulb manufacturer Osram (founded in 1906, when three German companies, Auer-Gesellschaft, AEG and Siemens & Halske, combined their lamp production facilities) derived its name from the elements of osmium and Wolfram (the latter is German for tungsten). Like palladium, powdered osmium effectively absorbs hydrogen atoms. This could make osmium a potential candidate for a metal-hydride battery
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