A Treatise on the Origin, Progress, Prevention, and Cure of Dry Rot in Timber: With Remarks on the Means of Preserving Wood from Destruction by Sea Worms, Beetles, Ants, EtcE. & F. N. Spon, 1875 - 311 pages |
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Page 46
... Pieces of wood of various kinds 3th inches square , were buried about one inch below the surface of the ground , and they decayed in the following order : the lime , American birch , alder , and the trembling - leaved poplar , in three ...
... Pieces of wood of various kinds 3th inches square , were buried about one inch below the surface of the ground , and they decayed in the following order : the lime , American birch , alder , and the trembling - leaved poplar , in three ...
Page 57
... pieces of similar timber cut in the winter months , not two years old , and they are entirely destroyed , being full of powder - post and grub - worms . " What shall we say when doctors disagree ? The theory given to account for what is ...
... pieces of similar timber cut in the winter months , not two years old , and they are entirely destroyed , being full of powder - post and grub - worms . " What shall we say when doctors disagree ? The theory given to account for what is ...
Page 64
... pieces are laid should be per- fectly level , and " out of the wind , " and so firm and solid throughout that they will remain in their original position ; for timber , if bent or made to wind before it is seasoned , will generally ...
... pieces are laid should be per- fectly level , and " out of the wind , " and so firm and solid throughout that they will remain in their original position ; for timber , if bent or made to wind before it is seasoned , will generally ...
Page 67
... pieces , very soon acquires its utmost degree of dryness . Dr. Watson , Bishop of Llandaff , in the month of March , cut a piece from the middle of a large ash tree that had been felled about six weeks , and weighed it ; its weight was ...
... pieces , very soon acquires its utmost degree of dryness . Dr. Watson , Bishop of Llandaff , in the month of March , cut a piece from the middle of a large ash tree that had been felled about six weeks , and weighed it ; its weight was ...
Page 68
... pieces , it is therefore important to reduce the timber to its proper scantlings or size for use ; for however dry a piece of timber may be , when it is cut to a smaller scantling it will shrink and lose weight , being always less dry ...
... pieces , it is therefore important to reduce the timber to its proper scantlings or size for use ; for however dry a piece of timber may be , when it is cut to a smaller scantling it will shrink and lose weight , being always less dry ...
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