Object data
iron and copper
length 15.2 cm × diameter 3 cm
Bernabé
Sample of Iron with Galvanised Copper
Toulon, c. 1866 - c. 1870
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1201
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Solid rod of iron covered with copper, which has been turned down in a number of places to show the consistency of the galvanised layer.
The sample was acquired by the Navy from Toulon. In 1867 Mr Bernabé from Lyon obtained a Dutch patent for galvanising iron and steel with copper.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1201; G. Doorman, Het Nederlandsch octrooiwezen en de techniek der 19de eeuw, The Hague 1947, p. 490, no. 4182
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Bernabé, Sample of Iron with Galvanised Copper, Toulon, c. 1866 - c. 1870', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245015
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