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Ships Of Cast Metal

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
January
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

- Sotno of theN. Y. slíip buiUlcrs are about to prepare n ruodel of a vessel cast in one mnss of metal The idea of building sliips o thiskind originaíed with Dr McConnell of Washington, who has discovered n composition combining lije strcngth txhd economy ofiron wilh indestructible qualities of copper. The original materia! may be re-melted and ined ovcr and ovor ngain so ihat the oíd hulls may ahvays be converted into ncw for expenso oí' casting, the loss by wear not coming to more than one per cent, in ten ycars.