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Why use brass? Albert 05-14-2006
Posted by Martin H. Eastburn on May 15, 2006, 1:10 am
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The sad thing - the melted Bronze cannon was likely as beautiful and more
historic. But likely post depose of the king.....

Martin

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Leo Lichtman wrote:
> "Robert Swinney" wrote: (clip) There is a large monument in Paris, built
> completley from melted-down bronze cannon.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Beat *your* swords into plowshares.
> Cast *your* cannon into nameplates.
> *You're* the one who makes the choices.
> *Your* teacher is the one who asks the questions.
>
>

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Posted by Robert Swinney on May 15, 2006, 3:17 am
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Of course they were. Statuary is never as beautiful as the commemoratti.

Bob Swinney
> The sad thing - the melted Bronze cannon was likely as beautiful and more
> historic. But likely post depose of the king.....
>
> Martin
>
> Martin Eastburn
> @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
> NRA LOH & Endowment Member
> NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
> IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member
>
>
> Leo Lichtman wrote:
>> "Robert Swinney" wrote: (clip) There is a large monument in Paris, built
>> completley from melted-down bronze cannon.
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Beat *your* swords into plowshares.
>> Cast *your* cannon into nameplates.
>> *You're* the one who makes the choices.
>> *Your* teacher is the one who asks the questions.
>
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Posted by on May 14, 2006, 1:17 pm
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Christopher Tidy wrote:

> It also resists corrosion pretty well.

That's more true of bronze than brass.


Posted by Christopher Tidy on May 14, 2006, 5:07 pm
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cs_posting@hotmail.com wrote:
> Christopher Tidy wrote:
>
>
>>It also resists corrosion pretty well.
>
>
> That's more true of bronze than brass.

Still, it corrodes rather less readily than mild steel, for example.
And, perhaps more importantly, a little corrosion on a name plate
doesn't look too ugly. Sometimes it produces quite a nice patina.

Chris


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