PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHAPTER I. ON THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF TIMBER.

CHAPTER II. ON THE GRADUAL RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF DRY ROT.

CHAPTER III. FELLING TIMBER.

CHAPTER IV. ON SEASONING TIMBER BY NATURAL METHODS, VIZ. HOT

CHAPTER V. ON SEASONING TIMBER BY PATENT PROCESSES, ETC.

CHAPTER VI. ON THE MEANS OF PREVENTING DRY ROT IN MODERN HOUSES; AND THE CAUSES OF THEIR DECAY.

CHAPTER VII. ON THE PRESERVATION OF WOODEN BRIDGES, JETTIES,

CHAPTER VIII. ON THE DESTRUCTION OF WOODWORK IN HOT CLIMATES BY

CHAPTER IX. ON THE CAUSES OF DECAY IN FURNITURE, WOOD CARVINGS,

CHAPTER X. SUMMARY OF CURATIVE PROCESSES.

CHAPTER XI. GENERAL REMARKS AND CONCLUSION.

FOOTNOTES

INDEX.

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A TREATISE
ON THE
ORIGIN, PROGRESS, PREVENTION, AND CURE
OF
DRY ROT IN TIMBER.

WITH REMARKS ON
THE MEANS OF PRESERVING WOOD FROM DESTRUCTION BY
SEA WORMS, BEETLES, ANTS, ETC.

BY
THOMAS ALLEN BRITTON,
LATE SURVEYOR TO THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS, AND SILVER MEDALLIST OF THE
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS IN 1854, 1856, AND 1870.

LONDON:
E. & F. N. SPON, 48, CHARING CROSS.
NEW YORK: 446, BROOME STREET.
1875.

THIS VOLUME
IS
Dedicated to
GEORGE VULLIAMY, Esq.,
VICE-PRESIDENT
OF THE
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS;
AND
ARCHITECT
OF
THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS;
AS A SLIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF HIS
COUNSEL, SYMPATHY, AND FRIENDSHIP,
DURING MANY YEARS.