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It’s Engine Time!

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We are gearing up for major activities insideMonitor‘s engine tank! Starting next week, conservators will begin removing thousands of pounds of concreted sediment from the surface ofMonitor‘s vibrating side-lever steam engine. Conservators may also attempt small-scale disassembly of specific engine components in support of more thorough desalination and treatment. These activities will occur from November 29 to mid-December, and we will resume again in early Spring 2011. Ericsson’s mighty engine will the primary focus of our attention for the next few months and years!

博物馆游客将对这些活动进行近距离观看。对于那些期间，你们中的人去水手博物馆，请访问我们的网站和此博客以获取每周更新和新图片。此外，网络访问者可以通过位于发动机箱上方的网络摄像头看到引擎活动（//www.boxorats.com/uss-monitor-center/conservation-uss-monitor-s-steam-engine). This will be the first time that the original surfaces of the engine will be exposed since 1862…watch history revealed before your eyes!

USS Monitor Center

金属2010会议

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Conservators from theMonitor项目于10月参加了南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿举行的ICOM-CC 2010年会议。戴夫（Dave）和埃里克（EricMonitor‘s Complex Mechanical Components”. The lecture focused on the theory, methods, and techniques utilized to disassemble certain artifacts in support of more thorough treatment as well as certain limitations of disassembly. Elsa, Eric, and Ralph also presented a research poster titled “Evaluation of Sodium Nitrite as a Corrosion Inhibitor for USSMonitorArtifacts”. The poster discussed the preliminary results of ongoing research related to the use of sodium nitrite as a neutral pH corrosion inhibitor. We also visited theH.L. Hunleyconservation facility in North Charleston and saw the Confederate submarine soaking in a tank of solution. It is an interesting conservation project.

Here are a few low-res pics from my cell phone of beautiful, historic Charleston.

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布鲁斯在松散！

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Dr. Bruce Kaiser visited The Mariners’ Museum last week and conducted a 2-day hands-on workshop on accurate elemental non-destructive XRF physics.

Sounds like a mouthful, but Dr. Kaiser easily distilled the material and provided an opportunity forMonitorconservators to analyze numerous artifacts and samples. Iron, copper alloys, tin, zinc, wool, and even the lead content in the glaze of a coffee mug. Yikes!阅读更多

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What About the Other Artifacts?

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Of the approximately 1600 artifacts recovered from the USSMonitor, 1/4 of them have been conserved. Many but not all of the 400+ conserved artifacts are now on display in the USSMonitorCenter at The Mariners’ Museum. So what do we do with the artifacts that aren’t currently on display at the museum? The museum must safely store these artifacts under precise temperature and humidity controls in order to guarantee their long term stability while awaiting exhibition.

The following pictures show one of the many climate-controlled artifact storage areas at The Mariners’ Museum. This specific location houses manyMonitorartifacts that aren’t currently on display.阅读更多

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