ON IRON
... ITS ACTIVE AND INACTIVE STATES. Read at the Liverpool Polytechnic Society, bp Mr. Spencer, November 8,1847. PART THIRD: IRON IN ITS INACTIVE STATE. Much more might be said on the principles which govern the corrosion of iron in air and water. Indeed a great many striking facts, together with the results of some notable experiments, have not even been glanced at, nor was it contemplated, at the ...