Hi Everyone!
This
cannon corrosion survey was inspired in my recent "Care and
Conservation of Historic Cannons" Online Course. One of the
participants, who is a Marine Archaeological Conservator, has done
treatments on a number of marine cannons that were found loaded in situ.
After treatment they have found a pattern of corrosion inside the
bores, especially in the back at the breech where the loads were found.
They asked me if this has been a pattern found on cannons in other
collections. So beginning with that question I designed the survey to
answer this as well as to also collect more general corrosion
information on cannon collections. I am looking to see if there are
patterns in corrosion in cannon collections between the origin of the
cannons, the cannon material, where the visible corrosion occurs,
whether the cannon has been found loaded or has been recently fired, how
the cannons have been treated and by whom, where the cannons are
stored/exhibited, and how the cannons have been coated. So if you are a
conservator who has treated cannons, a curator, collections manager,
curator, or director of a collection with cannons, I would truly
appreciate your participation in this short survey!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/B8K38B7
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