” and tarred rope for piles, 228 ” oxide of, and other substances, 123 Légé and Fleury-Pironnet’s copper patent, 149 Le Gras’ manganese, zinc, and creosote patent, 164 Lepisma worm destroys boats, 221 Letellier’s preserving processes, 130, 165 Lewis’ lime process, 112, 116 Liebig (Baron) on decay of wood, 19 Lime, to preserve wood, 112, 116, 253, 286 ” and other substances, 107, 117, 156, 157, 166, 255, 285 ” re-carbonated, injurious to wood, 116 ” water, to preserve ships, 116, 122 ” ” ” basement joists, 116 ” ” and sulphuric acid, 156 ” vessels last long, 116 Limnoria terebrans, description of, 217 ” ” how it destroys piles, 218 Linseed oil--_see_ Oils Litharge ” ” Logs, state of, on arrival in England, 37 Lowestoft Harbour, creosoted piles in, 230 Lukins’ stove process, 121 Lycoris fucata, destroys the Teredo navalis, 237 Lyme Hall, carvings at, 281 Maconochie’s suggestions for preserving wood, 121, 145, 163 McMaster (B.), on decay of railway sleepers, 47 McWilliam, on fungi, 20, 22, 29 Makinson, on creosoted piles, 231 Malta, rotten girders in building at, 32 Manganese, and other substances, 163, 165 Mann’s (Capt.) and McPherson’s (Capt.) experiments, 255 Margary’s patent sulphate of copper process, 130, 150, 254 Mark Lane, No. 16, dry rot in partition at, 188 Marshall (G.), on seasoning oak, 69 Maun (G. O.), on sleepers, Pernambuco railway, 138 Mecquenem’s desiccating process, 80 Mellis (J. C.), on creosoted wood, 256 Melseun’s experiments with ammonia, 137 Mercer’s Hall, decay of carvings at, 267 Mercury, deuto-chloride of, 165 ” bi-chloride--_see_ Corrosive Sublimate Merulius lachrymans, dry rot fungus, 21 Methods for seasoning wood, 168 Methylated spirits of wine for carvings, 279 Michigan Central Railroad bridge, dry rotten, 185 Migneron’s process, 144 Miller’s hot air process, 102 Mincing Lane, No. 29, dry rot in first floor at, 187 Moll’s vapour of creosote process, 145 Moon, age of, a guide for cutting trees, 56 Mortar made with sea sand objectionable, 113, 181 ” cow-dung and castor oil, 251 Mud and other substances to preserve wood, 253 Müenzing’s manganese process, 154 Mundic, to preserve wood, 118 Muriate of iron (Toplis’ process), 157 Nails, scupper, for piles, 228, 286 Neamann, on seasoning wood, 79, 117 Nichols (T.), on sand bath, 116 Nitrate of copper for piles, 226 Nitric acid, for worms, 285 Norfolk House, rotten planking at, 176 Norway white lowland deals warp, 65 Nystrom’s process, to prevent combustion, 166 Oak, American, liable to rot, 40 ” different qualities of, 71 ” good and bad, 25