A treatise on the origin, progress, prevention, and cure of dry rot in timber
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- with remarks on the means of preserving wood from destruction by sea worms, beetles, ants, etc.
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. ILLUSTRATIONS.4. CHAPTER I. ON THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF TIMBER.5. CHAPTER II. ON THE GRADUAL RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF DRY ROT.6. CHAPTER III. FELLING TIMBER.7. CHAPTER IV. ON SEASONING TIMBER BY NATURAL METHODS, VIZ. HOT AND COLD AIR; FRESH AND SALT WATER; VAPOUR; SMOKE; STEAM; BOILING; CHARRING AND SCORCHING, ETC.8. CHAPTER V. ON SEASONING TIMBER BY PATENT PROCESSES, ETC.9. CHAPTER V. ON SEASONING TIMBER BY PATENT PROCESSES, ETC. (continued 2)10. CHAPTER VI. ON THE MEANS OF PREVENTING DRY ROT IN MODERN HOUSES; AND THE CAUSES OF THEIR DECAY.11. CHAPTER VII. ON THE PRESERVATION OF WOODEN BRIDGES, JETTIES, PILES, HARBOUR WORKS, ETC., FROM THE RAVAGES OF THE TEREDO NAVALIS AND OTHER SEA-WORMS.12. CHAPTER VIII. ON THE DESTRUCTION OF WOODWORK IN HOT CLIMATES BY THE TERMITE OR WHITE ANT, WOOD-CUTTER, CARPENTER BEE, &c., AND THE MEANS OF PREVENTING THE SAME.13. CHAPTER IX. ON THE CAUSES OF DECAY IN FURNITURE, WOOD CARVINGS, ETC., AND THE MEANS OF PREVENTING AND REMEDYING THE EFFECT OF SUCH DECAY.14. CHAPTER X. SUMMARY OF CURATIVE PROCESSES.15. CHAPTER XI. GENERAL REMARKS AND CONCLUSION.16. INDEX.17. BOOKS RELATING TO APPLIED SCIENCE, PUBLISHED BY E. & F. N. SPON, LONDON: 16, CHARING CROSS. NEW YORK: 446, BROOME STREET.