The Elements of Forestry: Designed to Afford Information Concerning the Planting and Care of Forest Trees for Ornament or Profit and Giving Suggestions Upon the Creation and Care of Woodlands with the View of Securing the Greatest Benefit for the Longest
The Elements of Forestry: Designed to Afford Information Concerning the Planting and Care of Forest Trees for Ornament or Profit and Giving Suggestions Upon the Creation and Care of Woodlands with the View of Securing the Greatest Benefit for the Longest
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...wooden structures, when fitted for putting together, are sometimes boiled three or four hours in a solution of this salt, and then placed for some days in a warm place to dry. It is not corrosive to iron, and nails driven into it toitt last as long as the wood itself.1 1 Revue des Eaux et Forets, 1874, p. 302; ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...wooden structures, when fitted for putting together, are sometimes boiled three or four hours in a solution of this salt, and then placed for some days in a warm place to dry. It is not corrosive to iron, and nails driven into it toitt last as long as the wood itself.1 1 Revue des Eaux et Forets, 1874, p. 302; 1875, p. 143. 2Prof. F. V. Clarke in noticing the disagreement in statements concerning this substance remarks: "At all events, it has had less thoroughly than some other more fashionable preservatives, the test of long experience. It 7G9. The Bethel l Process was patented by Mr. John Bethell, in England, July 11, 1838. It consists in subjecting seasoned timber, under pressure, to creosote or oil of tar and other bituminous substances that contain it, and also to pyrolignite of iron, which holds more creosote in solution than any other watery menstruum. While it unquestionably renders wood much more durable, and also proof against the attack of worms in sea-water, it has the disadvantage of rendering it more combustible, and of offensive odor. We have known a bridge frame set on fire and consumed while under construction, by a workman attempting to burn out a hole through two pieces in contact, so as to allow a bolt to fit. 770. Creosote coagulates the albumen, fills the pores of timber with a bituminous substance, prevents the absorption of water, and is obnoxious to animal life. By a patent of 1853, Bethell proposed to first inject timbers with metallic salts, and after thorough drying, inject creosote. He used about 10 pounds of creosote to a cubic foot. It is sometimes carried to twice this amount. It has been most used on pines, and for railway ties, and enormous quantities of the latter have been sent to India and other hot...
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