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Burnettizing, or the Process for Preventing the Rapid Decay of Timber by the Use of Chloride of Zinc: With a Brief Account of Some of the Other ... and Purifying Uses of the Chloride of Zinc
Excerpt from Burnettizing, or the Process for Preventing the Rapid Decay of Timber by the Use of Chloride of Zinc
The liability of nearly all kinds of timber in common use to rapid decay, when exposed to alternate wet and dry, or when placed in damp and badly ventilated situations, has led to various devices for the purpose of increasing its durability under such circumstances. A late English publication con tains a list of forty-seven patents that have been taken out for preserving animal and vegetable substances, including tim ber the earliest is in the year 1737, and the latest in 1849, all but four being within the present century.
The liability of nearly all kinds of timber in common use to rapid decay, when exposed to alternate wet and dry, or when placed in damp and badly ventilated situations, has led to various devices for the purpose of increasing its durability under such circumstances. A late English publication con tains a list of forty-seven patents that have been taken out for preserving animal and vegetable substances, including tim ber the earliest is in the year 1737, and the latest in 1849, all but four being within the present century.
26 pages, Paperback
First published July 21, 2015
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