Workers weld copper bands around the bottom of the now-shiny shells. Another machine quickly heats and presses the shell’s open top into a tapered nose. It now begins to look like an artillery ...

A green-patinated copper forms the shell. On the house's roof a huge array of 37 photovoltaic panels, angled towards the sun. The energy these generate is more than the house demands.

Our special video series looks at some of the more unique shells at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum on Sanibel, ... It has a beautiful copper color, and the shell is sometimes translucent.

Press for Copper-Banding Shells 0 0 This article was originally published with the title “ Press for Copper-Banding Shells ” in SA Supplements Vol. 53 No. 1367supp ( March 1902 ) , p. 21913 ...