A Century of Wood PreservingHarold Boulton |
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... substance which would exclude moisture or the elements of decay . PROF . A. VOELCKER Professor Voelcker , who followed , was not inclined to go so far as Dr. Tidy in his disbelief in the importance of tar acids ; " but he would go so ...
... substance which would exclude moisture or the elements of decay . PROF . A. VOELCKER Professor Voelcker , who followed , was not inclined to go so far as Dr. Tidy in his disbelief in the importance of tar acids ; " but he would go so ...
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... substance after ten days After forty - six days the substance which had been light blue , changed and gave up the blue to the water . After thirty - one days fungi appeared , which covered the whole of the substance in fifty- four days ...
... substance after ten days After forty - six days the substance which had been light blue , changed and gave up the blue to the water . After thirty - one days fungi appeared , which covered the whole of the substance in fifty- four days ...
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... substance under examination at 35 ° to 38 ° Centigrade . Name of substance Percent- age of the solution Time after which Putre- faction sets Remarks in . In days Carbon tetrachloride CCl4 Carbon dichloride CCl4 Carbon hexachloride C2C16 ...
... substance under examination at 35 ° to 38 ° Centigrade . Name of substance Percent- age of the solution Time after which Putre- faction sets Remarks in . In days Carbon tetrachloride CCl4 Carbon dichloride CCl4 Carbon hexachloride C2C16 ...
Contents
Summary of The Antiseptic Treatment of Timber | 1 |
A Few Remarks upon Timber Preservation | 49 |
Later Developments in Wood Preservation | 61 |
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action air pump American Wood Preservers Anthracene antiseptic Author bacteria boiling bromine carbolic acid cells cent Centigrade chap chemical chloride of zinc coagulation coal coal-tar Coisne Conservation des Bois constituents contained corrosive sublimate country oil creosote oils creosoted timber creosoting process cubic foot cylinder dead oil decay described disinfectant distillation Douglas fir employed engineers experiments Fahrenheit fir sleeper fluid fungi fungus Gas Light germicide germs Greville Williams heat heavy oils impregnated injected John Bethell less pervious liquid London creosote mentioned metallic salts mixtures or solutions moisture naphtha naphthalene obtained ordinary Paper Patent pervious to water phenol pipe poles pores preserving timber pressure quantity of creosote railway sleepers remarks render Samuel Bagster Boulton sap wood soluble specific gravity specimens spores substance sulphate of copper tar acids telegraph-poles temperature Tidy timber timber preserving tion TREATING TIMBER treatment vapour vessel volatile Wood Preservers zinc chloride