I as the editor who wrote the material being commented on had actually intended to revisit this particular section at some time and have located a copy of Martello s book that I will eventually be able to borrow I really would like to better understand Revere s impact on industrial development which is why this particular section has languished The commenter is correct that what Revere developed was the rolling of copper not electrolytic plating I have in the interim corrected the link even though the linked article is mainly about the naval uses of rolled copper