Material Analysis of the Late 19th Century Iron Based Heritage Listed Constructions
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Abstract
The use of iron based materials in building of highly decorated pavilions, rotundas and large constructions reached its zenith in the second half of the 19th century. Over the following century, due to atmospheric corrosion, many of these historical objects disintegrated so badly that they needed urgent attention from conservation. The present study was set up to examine the metallurgical features of two famous buildings — the Palm House in the Botanic Garden in Adelaide, South Australia (S. A.) and the Band Rotunda in Kosice City in Slovakia, allowing some rules for reconstruction to be laid down. In both cases, the ‘iron based’ construction material and ornaments investigated were made in Germany at the end of the 19th century.
Kurzfassung
Die Verwendung von Eisenbasiswerkstoffen beim Bau von reich verzierten Pavillons, Rotunden und großen Bauwerken erlebte in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts seinen Höhepunkt. Im Laufe des darauf folgenden Jahrhunderts zerfielen diese historischen Objekte aufgrund der atmosphärischen Korrosion so stark, dass man sie dringend um ihren Erhalt kümmern musste. Die aktuelle Studie wurde durchgeführt, um die metallurgischen Eigenschaften zweier berühmter Gebäude zu untersuchen — das Palmenhaus im Botanischen Garten in Adelaide, Südaustralien (S.A.) und der Konzertpavillon in Kosice in der Slowakei, was die Möglichkeit bot, Regeln für die Sanierung festzulegen. In beiden Fällen wurden die Baumaterialien und Ornamente aus Eisen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland hergestellt.
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- Contents/Inhalt
- Inhalt / Contents
- Editorial
- Ernst Pernicka: Mitglied des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats
- Technical Contributions/Fachbeiträge
- Material Analysis of the Late 19th Century Iron Based Heritage Listed Constructions
- Ionenstrahlpräparation — ein treffliches Werkzeug zur Charakterisierung der Zwischenprodukte des schmelz-pulvermetallurgischen Aluminiumschäumverfahrens
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