tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post8863621492465042355..comments2024-03-18T18:05:25.821-07:00Comments on VISIONS OF THE NORTH: Franklin curiosities: Toy replica of Goldner's tinRussell Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-63536479864094187192009-12-06T07:24:49.923-08:002009-12-06T07:24:49.923-08:00Mmm, good!
In fact, every indication is that the ...Mmm, good!<br /><br />In fact, every indication is that the food in Goldner's tins was -- for the most part -- palatable and not harmful, unless eaten in quantities over a long period of time. Reports of <a href="http://www.ric.edu/faculty/rpotter/goldner.html" rel="nofollow"> spoilage</a> date from several years later. In John Murray's documentary <a href="http://visionsnorth.blogspot.com/2009/03/finding-franklin.html" rel="nofollow">Finding Franklin</a>, they actually replicated Goldner's process in a laboratory, and found that it was safe and effective for canning food, as long as the procedure in his patent was carefully followed.<br /><br />What we'd need would be for the NMM or someone else who possesses a yet-unopened tin to open it. I recall that this may have been done once, in the 1930's, but don't know of the results. If you could figure out the rate at which lead leeched into the food, the levels today could tell you something about the levels then.Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-20600184559796287492009-12-06T07:12:00.821-08:002009-12-06T07:12:00.821-08:00With a small string, the "toy" could be ...With a small string, the "toy" could be transformed into a Christmas tree ornament.<br /><br />If exact replicas of Goldner's tins were constructed, filled, sealed and stored then we could in theory determine the lead content of the food inside. This would give actual values for lead contamination levels and therefore an indication of what role the tins played with respect to lead poisoning.<br /><br />The Inuit found unopened cans on one of the ships and near one crewman on the Todd Islets. The Todd Islet can was opened and the meat eaten by the Inuit.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564076916142050022noreply@blogger.com