Posted on 04/19/2008 8:00:26 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
Book by metallurgists blames rivets for Titanic tragedy
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[Note: The October 1942 photo of a WWII American woman worker was taken about 31 years after the first rivet was hammered into the Titanic during its construction phase in Ireland. A photo of any WWII American working during the massive WWII War effort is not appropriate in a story about the possible cause of the Titanic’s tragic demise. The photo has been removed. ]
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NEW YORK - The tragic sinking of the Titanic nearly a century ago can be blamed on low grade rivets that the ship's builders used on some parts of the ill-fated liner, two experts on metals conclude in a new book.
"Under the pressure to get these ships up, they ramped up the riveters, found materials from additional suppliers, and some was not of quality," said Foecke, a metallurgist at the U.S. government's National Institute of Standards and Technology who has been studying the Titanic for a decade.
Thanks
Chuckle, thanks for the candor. ;)
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