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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... deal of this decay was attributable to the use of unseasoned timber , and defective ventilation ; but there is too much reason to believe that it was prin- cipally owing to the introduction of an inferior species of oak ( Quercus ...
... deal of this decay was attributable to the use of unseasoned timber , and defective ventilation ; but there is too much reason to believe that it was prin- cipally owing to the introduction of an inferior species of oak ( Quercus ...
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... deal to do with its likelihood of taking the rot : it may have a very favourable passage , or a very wet one , and the ship is frequently , in some degree , affected with the disease . It perhaps begins in the ship , and it may often D ...
... deal to do with its likelihood of taking the rot : it may have a very favourable passage , or a very wet one , and the ship is frequently , in some degree , affected with the disease . It perhaps begins in the ship , and it may often D ...
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... deals , when it will impregnate the wood to a great depth . Whether it is inherent in the timber or not , of this we may be certain , that where there is a fetid ... deal of yellow pine that has been shipped 36 PREVENTION AND CURE OF.
... deals , when it will impregnate the wood to a great depth . Whether it is inherent in the timber or not , of this we may be certain , that where there is a fetid ... deal of yellow pine that has been shipped 36 PREVENTION AND CURE OF.
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... deals that have been floated down the rivers of America or Canada , and shipped in a wet state , on their arrival here they are so covered with this network of the fungus , that force is often necessary to separate one deal from another ...
... deals that have been floated down the rivers of America or Canada , and shipped in a wet state , on their arrival here they are so covered with this network of the fungus , that force is often necessary to separate one deal from another ...
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... deals very liable to take the dry rot ; viz . yellow Petersburgh deals , and yellow and white battens , from Dram , in Norway . When Dram battens , which have been lying a long time in ... deal absorbs more water 38 PREVENTION AND CURE OF.
... deals very liable to take the dry rot ; viz . yellow Petersburgh deals , and yellow and white battens , from Dram , in Norway . When Dram battens , which have been lying a long time in ... deal absorbs more water 38 PREVENTION AND CURE OF.
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