Doug Urquhart wrote:
> I've just finished reading 'What really sank the Titanic" by Jennifer
> McCarty and Tim Foecke.
>
> I'm sure that most of you know that Foeke's culprit turns out to be
> variability in the wrought iron rivets in Titanic's end sections, but
> you might also be interested to know that the book thoroughly debunks
> a fair number of myths
> - brittle steel
> - fire weakened the bulkhead
> - rusticles are eating the wreck
> and I few others that I forget.
>
> It's a good read, particularly the section on experimental methods and
> analysis - no Pellegrinism here.
>
> Incidentally, he doesn't claim that Titanic would have survived with
> better rivets - only that the damage would have been less severe, and
> she might have stayed afloat for a few more hours.
>
> Regards
>
> Doug Urquhart
Thanks for the HU! Doug. I was shying away from this one, but now I
think I'll give it a go.
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