Sample of Iron with Galvanised Copper

Bernabé, c. 1866 - c. 1870

Massieve ijzeren staaf bedekt met een laag koper, die op verschillende plaasten is afgedraaid om de zuiverheid en hechtheid van de koperlaag aan te tonen.

  • Artwork typesample
  • Object numberNG-MC-1201
  • Dimensionslength 15.2 cm x diameter 3 cm
  • Physical characteristicsiron and copper

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

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: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054173

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