Excerpt from The Fouling and Corrosion of Iron Ships: Causes and Means of Prevention, the Mode of Application to the Existing Iron-CladsThe continued want of success which has hitherto attended all the attempts, which have been brought to a practical test, for pre venting the fouling and corrosion of iron ships, and the many cases of fouling and corrosion which have come under the Author's notice, induced him to turn his attention to the question, with the view, if possible, of detecting the cause of failure.In the course of his researches he collected a great amount of facts and particulars, and the serious and increasing magnitude of the evil became so striking that he resolved to embody them with some remarks and statements on ships of wood and iron, with the view of directing public attention to so momentous a subject, and pointing out a ready and practical means by which these evils can be removed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.