Author: Samuel Bagster Boulton

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-13

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780266252504

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Excerpt from The Preservation of Timber by the Use of Antiseptics It is proposed in the present paper, to give a short account of the history and development of the use of antiseptics for preventing the decay of timber. A reference to the processes employed in coal-tar distillation Will be pertinent to the subject, in so far as it Will indicate What are and have been the usual con stituents of the tar oils used for inject ing wood. The author proposes to add some results derived from his thirty-four years' experience in connection With this group of manufactures, together With the outcome of some research, and of a num ber of experiments specially undertaken With a view to the elucidation of ques tions referred to in the paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Preservation of Timber by the Use of Antiseptics (Classic Reprint) written by Samuel Bagster Boulton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Preservation of Timber by the Use of Antiseptics It is proposed in the present paper, to give a short account of the history and development of the use of antiseptics for preventing the decay of timber. A reference to the processes employed in coal-tar distillation Will be pertinent to the subject, in so far as it Will indicate What are and have been the usual con stituents of the tar oils used for inject ing wood. The author proposes to add some results derived from his thirty-four years' experience in connection With this group of manufactures, together With the outcome of some research, and of a num ber of experiments specially undertaken With a view to the elucidation of ques tions referred to in the paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.