[TheForge] Titanic - low quality wrought iron rivets

[Peter Hirst]

Very cool article,  but I  missed something, or there's something I don't 
understand:  what is it the author doesn't understand about iron vs. steel? 
Except for the part about small forges being less skilled, which is not a 
metallurgical issue


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 5:53 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Titanic - low quality wrought iron rivets


> Here is a link to an article in the New York Times on wrought iron rivets 
> !!
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/science/15titanic.html?hp
>
> Not written by someone who understands wrought iron vs. steel but still 
> interesting.
>
> Dave
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