Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 633
THE OFFICERS QUARTERS ON THE MAINE, SHOWING THE WOODEN PARTITIONS EATEN AWAY BY WORMS EXCEPTWHERE PROTECTED BY MUD. NOTE THE SHELL-INCRUSTED ELECTRIC-LIGHT BULB AT THE CEILING. Does nt it? Why, how is that? It seems the torch is not quite hot enough to melt the iron, but it raises it to a white… … THE AFTER-DECK OF THE MAINE, UNCOVERED AS THE WATERWAS PUMPED OUT OF THE COFFER-DAM. know rust is oxidized iron, and the torch willnot burn through rusty metal very well, becausethe coat of rust has already consumed all theoxygen it can take up. The rust had to be scraped away before the torch…
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