http://victorian.fortunecity.com/lion/829/articles/boiler.htm
Isn't it interesting that if you look at the pictures that accompany the
article, that they are obviously effected by the lighting.
I think Vance's color descriptions below describe them the best. The above
article is written the way I wish I could write.
Nicely done.
Phil.P. Reading,PA.
> Regarding the Bachmann "baby blue Russia Iron" -- if you haven't read the
> article referred to earlier, you should (if you have an interest in the
topic). It's
> a contemporary engineering-oriented account that should set the record
> straight. There wasn't any baby blue Russia Iron. Gun blue, or bluish
gray,
> perhaps, but not baby blue. Russia Iron was light blue the same way sea
> water is blue, by reflection only.
>
> regards,
> -vance-
>
> Vance Bass
> Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
> Small-scale live steam resources: http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass
>
