The Life of Sir Humphry Davy: Late President of the Royal Society Foreign Associate of the Royal Institute of FranceHenry Colburnan and Richard Bentley, 1831 - 547 pages |
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... Copper Sheathing of Ships from the action of sea water . - Sir H. Davy charges himself with this enquiry . He proposes a plan of protection founded on Voltaic principles . His numerous experiments . He embarks on board the Comet steam ...
... Copper Sheathing of Ships from the action of sea water . - Sir H. Davy charges himself with this enquiry . He proposes a plan of protection founded on Voltaic principles . His numerous experiments . He embarks on board the Comet steam ...
Page 390
... Copper Sheathing of Ships from the action of sea water . - Sir H. Davy charges himself with this enquiry . He proposes a plan of protection founded on Voltaic principles . His numerous experiments . He embarks on board the Comet steam ...
... Copper Sheathing of Ships from the action of sea water . - Sir H. Davy charges himself with this enquiry . He proposes a plan of protection founded on Voltaic principles . His numerous experiments . He embarks on board the Comet steam ...
Page 399
... copper ; in order , if possible , to obviate that serious evil in naval economy - the rapid decay of the copper sheathing on the bottoms of our ships . An investigation which Sir Humphry Davy commenced in the year 1823 , and prosecuted ...
... copper ; in order , if possible , to obviate that serious evil in naval economy - the rapid decay of the copper sheathing on the bottoms of our ships . An investigation which Sir Humphry Davy commenced in the year 1823 , and prosecuted ...
Page 400
... sheathing , however , is of ancient date . The galley supposed to have belonged to the Emperor Trajan , was sheathed with sheets of lead , which were fastened with copper nails . The same metal was also used in the earlier periods of ...
... sheathing , however , is of ancient date . The galley supposed to have belonged to the Emperor Trajan , was sheathed with sheets of lead , which were fastened with copper nails . The same metal was also used in the earlier periods of ...
Page 401
... copper being subjected to the alternate action of the sea , which flows in ... sheathing , has been the cause of its more rapid decay . It will , however ... copper , is now considered to be the best mode . A solution of Caoutchouc spread ...
... copper being subjected to the alternate action of the sea , which flows in ... sheathing , has been the cause of its more rapid decay . It will , however ... copper , is now considered to be the best mode . A solution of Caoutchouc spread ...
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