A Lecture On The Dry Rot, And On The Most Effectual Means Of Preventing It - By Robert Anderson - 1837 - A LECTURE - THE utility of timber, when employed in the construction .of edifices and other arts of Iife, is greatly lcssened by its perishable nature. Another unfavorable point in its chracter is, that it cannot be taken Iike the metaI from the mine, and subjected to a fe,.rv manipulations or processes, generally speedily performed, and then appIied immediately to the purpose for which it is intended. In all cases where wood is wished to. be aurable,,it must be submitted to processes which have hitherto been tedious, and attended I with the loss of capital, thus rendered inactive during the years which were required for their completion. These processes are termed seasoning and drying which are accomplished either by the natural powers of the air, to take up, and carry off superfluous moisture from any body which wilI readily part with it, or by immersing the timber in water,...

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