[TheForge] Titanic - low quality wrought iron rivets

[David E. Smucker]

Peter, the authors reference to "modern wrought iron"  there is no such 
thing.

Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Hirst" <saltydog335 at aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Titanic - low quality wrought iron rivets


> 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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> From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 5:53 PM
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>> 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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