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Cross-section of Cutty Sark's hull, as seen at entrance into ship's hold.
Internal wrought iron frame, wooden hull and Muntz metal sheathing are visible.
The Wikipedia article about Cutty Sark states that these planks below the waterline were made from American Rock Elm.
Cutty Sark (Royal Museums Greenwich):
www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark
Cutty Sark (Wikipedia):
www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark
Cutty Sark's hull is sheathed in Muntz metal, a brass alloy named after its inventor, George Fredrick Muntz, who received a patent for it in 1832.
Muntz metal (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntz_metal
Cutty Sark (Royal Museums Greenwich):
www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark
Cutty Sark (Wikipedia):
www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark
A sign at the Sunsphere in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee explaining that a glass panel had shattered due to heat. The operators of the Sunsphere take their appearance on The Simpsons in stride, and used Bart Simpson in their explanation about the broken window (though it was Nelson Muntz who threw the rock at the Wigsphere on the show).
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Did you know Earl "Madman" Muntz was an early distributor of Kaiser-Frazer cars in Southern Callifornia?
205 BHP
190 km/h
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntz_Jet
