He was the originator of the "rivet theory" to explain the rapid sinking of the Titanic, which was greatly expanded upon by Dr. Jennifer Hooper McCarty in her PhD thesis work at Johns Hopkins University.
He was the originator of the "rivet theory". This was to explain the rapid sinking of the Titanic. The "rivet theory" to explain the rapid sinking of the Titanic was greatly expanded upon by Dr. Jennifer Hooper McCarty in her PhD thesis work at Johns Hopkins University.