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A treatise on the origin, progress, prevention, and cure of dry rot in timber : $b with remarks on the means of preserving wood from destruction by sea worms, beetles, ants, etc.Britton, Thomas Allen

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A treatise on the origin, progress, prevention, and cure of dry rot in timber : $b with remarks on the means of preserving wood from destruction by sea worms, beetles, ants, etc.

Name: A treatise on the origin, progress, prevention, and cure of dry rot in timber : $b with remarks on the means of preserving wood from destruction by sea worms, beetles, ants, etc.
Author: Britton, Thomas Allen

Britton, Thomas Allen

Dry-rot; Wood -- Preservation

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_Progressive Lessons in Applied Science._ By EDWARD SANG, F.R.S.E. Crown
8vo, cloth, each Part, 3_s._

    Part 1. Geometry on Paper--Part 2. Solidity, Weight, and
    Pressure--Part 3. Trigonometry, Vision, and Surveying Instruments.

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_A Practical Treatise on Casting and Founding_, including descriptions of
the modern machinery employed in the art. By N. E. SPRETSON, Engineer.
With 82 _plates_ drawn to scale, 412 pp. Demy 8vo, cloth, 18_s._

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_A Practical Treatise on Coal Mining._ By GEORGE G. ANDRÉ, F.G.S., ASSOC.
Inst. C.E., Member of the Society of Engineers. With 82 _lithographic
plates_. 2 vols., royal 4to, cloth, 3_l._ 12_s._

    CONTENTS:

    I. Practical Geology--II. Coal, its Mode of Occurrence,
    Composition, and Varieties--III. Searching for Coal--IV.
    Shaft-sinking--V. Driving of Levels, or Narrow Work--VI. Systems
    of Working--VII. Getting the Coal--VIII. Haulage--IX. Winding--X.
    Drainage--XI. Ventilation--XII. Incidental Operations--XIII.
    Surface Work--XIV. Management and Accounts--XV. Characteristics
    of the Coal Fields of Great Britain and America.

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_The Electric Transmission of Power, its Present Position and
Advantages._ By PAGET HIGGS, LL.D., D.Sc., Telford Prizeman, and
Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. _With numerous
illustrations._ Crown 8vo, cloth, 3_s._

    CONTENTS:

    Dynamo-electric Machines--The Gramme Machine--The Brush
    Machine--The Wallace-Farmer and Siemens Machines--Efficiency of
    Dynamo-electric Machines--Practicability of the Transmission of
    Power by Electricity--Efficiency of Coupled Machines--Comparative
    Efficiency of Various Machines--Other Theoretical
    Considerations--Conclusions.

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_The Clerk of Works_: a Vade-Mecum for all engaged in the Superintendence
of Building Operations. By G. G. HOSKINS, F.R.I.B.A. Fcap. 8vo, cloth,
1_s._ 6_d._

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_Coffee Planting in Southern India and Ceylon._ By E. C. P. HULL. Crown
8vo, cloth, 9_s._

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_Spons’ Information for Colonial Engineers._ Edited by J. T. HURST. Demy
8vo, sewed.

No. 1, Ceylon. By ABRAHAM DEANE, C.E. 2_s._ 6_d._

    CONTENTS:

    Introductory Remarks--Natural Productions--Architecture and
    Engineering--Topography, Trade, and Natural History--Principal
    Stations--Weights and Measures, etc., etc.

No. 2. Southern Africa, including the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Dutch
Republics. By HENRY HALL, F.R.G.S., F.R.C.I. With Map. 3_s._ 6_d._

    CONTENTS:

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A treatise on the origin, progress, prevention, and cure of dry rot in timber : $b with remarks on the means of preserving wood from destruction by sea worms, beetles, ants, etc.Britton, Thomas Allen

Science

A treatise on the origin, progress, prevention, and cure of dry rot in timber : $b with remarks on the means of preserving wood from destruction by sea worms, beetles, ants, etc.

Britton, Thomas Allen

Dry-rot; Wood -- Preservation

*       *       *       *       *

_Progressive Lessons in Applied Science._ By EDWARD SANG, F.R.S.E. Crown
8vo, cloth, each Part, 3_s._

    Part 1. Geometry on Paper--Part 2. Solidity, Weight, and
    Pressure--Part 3. Trigonometry, Vision, and Surveying Instruments.

       *       *       *       *       *

_A Practical Treatise on Casting and Founding_, including descriptions of
the modern machinery employed in the art. By N. E. SPRETSON, Engineer.
With 82 _plates_ drawn to scale, 412 pp. Demy 8vo, cloth, 18_s._

       *       *       *       *       *

_A Practical Treatise on Coal Mining._ By GEORGE G. ANDRÉ, F.G.S., ASSOC.
Inst. C.E., Member of the Society of Engineers. With 82 _lithographic
plates_. 2 vols., royal 4to, cloth, 3_l._ 12_s._

    CONTENTS:

    I. Practical Geology--II. Coal, its Mode of Occurrence,
    Composition, and Varieties--III. Searching for Coal--IV.
    Shaft-sinking--V. Driving of Levels, or Narrow Work--VI. Systems
    of Working--VII. Getting the Coal--VIII. Haulage--IX. Winding--X.
    Drainage--XI. Ventilation--XII. Incidental Operations--XIII.
    Surface Work--XIV. Management and Accounts--XV. Characteristics
    of the Coal Fields of Great Britain and America.

       *       *       *       *       *

_The Electric Transmission of Power, its Present Position and
Advantages._ By PAGET HIGGS, LL.D., D.Sc., Telford Prizeman, and
Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. _With numerous
illustrations._ Crown 8vo, cloth, 3_s._

    CONTENTS:

    Dynamo-electric Machines--The Gramme Machine--The Brush
    Machine--The Wallace-Farmer and Siemens Machines--Efficiency of
    Dynamo-electric Machines--Practicability of the Transmission of
    Power by Electricity--Efficiency of Coupled Machines--Comparative
    Efficiency of Various Machines--Other Theoretical
    Considerations--Conclusions.

       *       *       *       *       *

_The Clerk of Works_: a Vade-Mecum for all engaged in the Superintendence
of Building Operations. By G. G. HOSKINS, F.R.I.B.A. Fcap. 8vo, cloth,
1_s._ 6_d._

       *       *       *       *       *

_Coffee Planting in Southern India and Ceylon._ By E. C. P. HULL. Crown
8vo, cloth, 9_s._

       *       *       *       *       *

_Spons’ Information for Colonial Engineers._ Edited by J. T. HURST. Demy
8vo, sewed.

No. 1, Ceylon. By ABRAHAM DEANE, C.E. 2_s._ 6_d._

    CONTENTS:

    Introductory Remarks--Natural Productions--Architecture and
    Engineering--Topography, Trade, and Natural History--Principal
    Stations--Weights and Measures, etc., etc.

No. 2. Southern Africa, including the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Dutch
Republics. By HENRY HALL, F.R.G.S., F.R.C.I. With Map. 3_s._ 6_d._

    CONTENTS:

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A treatise on the origin, progress, prevention, and cure of dry rot in timber : $b with remarks on the means of preserving wood from destruction by sea worms, beetles, ants, etc.

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