” of soda, 156, 160, 227 ” ” and lime, 160 Silloway (T. W.), on seasoning wood, 75, 92 Silver grain, 6 Size for wood, why required, 197 ” and corrosive sublimate, 266 Slating wall to keep out damp, 177 Sleepers, _see_ Railway Sleepers Smirke (Sir R.), on dry rot, 20, 123 Smith’s solution for wood beetles, 264 Soap, experiments with, 122 ” metallic, to preserve wood, 165 ” yellow ” ” 165 ” and other substances, 253 Society of Arts building, dry rot in, 42 Soda, carbonate of, 155 Soluble glass, 155 Southend pier, attacked by sea-worms, 209 Spores, description of, 15 Stains for woods, 189, 197 Stanmore Cottage, dry rot in floor at, 183 Steam, 145, 168 ” --_see_ Seasoning by Steam Stephenson (Sir M.), on creosoted wood, 134 Stevenson (R.), on timber piles, 205, 217 St. James’s Church, Piccadilly, carvings at, 272, 281 St. Helena, experiments with woods at, 256 St. Mark’s, Venice, rotten curb of dome at, 176 St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 42, 271, 290 St. Preuve’s steam process, 80 Stove drying, 79, 81, 86, 88, 94 Strength of timber, 11 Strontia, and other substances, 166 Sublimate--_see_ Corrosive Sublimate Sulphate of copper, 122, 146, 149, 150, 151, 161, 226, 284 ” ” and sulphuric acid, 285 ” of iron, 154, 157, 284 ” ” and other substances, 117, 166, 284 Sulphur, 163 ” in other substances, 163, 285 Sulphuric acid, 161, 285 Surinam, groo-groo worms in, 247 Swift’s, Dean, recipe for beetles, 282 Tallow bath for wood, 144 Tar, and other substances, 106, 130, 159, 228, 251, 284 Tarred rope, and lead for piles, 228 Teak oil, to preserve wood from ants, 259 ” chips, distilled, 163 Temple of Diana, at Ephesus, built on charred piles, 98 ” buildings, London, dry rot in, 124 Tennant’s (Sir E.) account of ants in Ceylon, 246 ” ” bees ” 260 Teredo navalis, description of, 212 ” --_see_ Worms, Sea Termites--_see_ Ants, White Tie-beam, instance of unseasoned, 289 Timber depreciates by keeping too long, 64 Tissier’s hot air process, 102 Toplis’ sulphate of iron process, 157 Tredgold (T.), on seasoning wood, 78, 101, 290 Treenails, 26, 110, 118 Trees, symptoms of decay in, 52 ” how to prepare for felling, 61 ” when to fell, 53, 54, 55, 58 Trinity College, Cambridge, carvings at, 269, 273 ” Oxford ” 269, 273 Truman’s brewery, seasoning casks at, 84 Turpentine prevents rot, 36, 257, 263, 285 ” in corrosive sublimate, 115 Uninflammable wood, good process required for, 170, 291 Unseasoned oak panelling, 288