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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... insects , or organic disease ; experience is the safest guide , and until we acquire that we shall occasionally fail . In the Index Fungorum Britannicorum , ' 2479 species of British fungi are enumerated : any detailed account of the ...
... insects , or organic disease ; experience is the safest guide , and until we acquire that we shall occasionally fail . In the Index Fungorum Britannicorum , ' 2479 species of British fungi are enumerated : any detailed account of the ...
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... insects ; the waters are peopled with innumerable forms , and even the rocks are blackened with countless mussels and barnacles . If we pluck a flower , in its bosom we see many a charming insect . If we pick up a fallen leaf , there is ...
... insects ; the waters are peopled with innumerable forms , and even the rocks are blackened with countless mussels and barnacles . If we pluck a flower , in its bosom we see many a charming insect . If we pick up a fallen leaf , there is ...
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... insects . Sir Thomas Deane , in 1849 , related before the Institu- tion of Civil Engineers of Ireland , an extraordinary instance of the rapid decay of timber from rot , which occurred in the church of the Holy Trinity at Cork . On ...
... insects . Sir Thomas Deane , in 1849 , related before the Institu- tion of Civil Engineers of Ireland , an extraordinary instance of the rapid decay of timber from rot , which occurred in the church of the Holy Trinity at Cork . On ...
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... that the greater part of the salts will remain in the wood for years , when employed for railway sleepers or such purposes . This may be of material consequence when the wood is exposed to the attacks of insects 140 PREVENTION AND CURE OF.
... that the greater part of the salts will remain in the wood for years , when employed for railway sleepers or such purposes . This may be of material consequence when the wood is exposed to the attacks of insects 140 PREVENTION AND CURE OF.
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... insects , such as the white ant in India , which , I believe , would be re- pelled by the poisonous metallic salt . After being long macerated in cold water , or even boiled in water , thin chips of the prepared wood retain a sensible ...
... insects , such as the white ant in India , which , I believe , would be re- pelled by the poisonous metallic salt . After being long macerated in cold water , or even boiled in water , thin chips of the prepared wood retain a sensible ...
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