 ... railroads have adopted the chloride of zinc process." Steaming the wood under a pressure of sixty to seventy pounds per square inch, as done in Germany, preparatory to burnettizing, no doubt adds to its durability. Tredgold considers that steamed...  Transactions1890Full view - About this book
 | Bridges - 1837 - 360 pages
...gives another property, which for some purposes is still more desirable than strength; for boiled or steamed timber shrinks less and stands better than that which is naturally seasoned. Therefore it may often be useful to season timber in this manner where joiner's work la to be executed... | |
 | Robert Dickson - Dry-rot - 1837 - 60 pages
...gives another property, which for some purposes is still more desirable than strength; for boiled or steamed timber shrinks less, and stands better than that which is naturally seasoned." (Carpentry, p. 157.) The most expeditious of these processes still requires months for its completion,... | |
 | Thomas Tredgold - Bridges - 1871 - 640 pages
...gives another property, which for some purposes is still more desirable than strength ; for boiled or steamed timber shrinks less and stands better than that which is naturally • ' Transport des Bois,' pp. 172 and 176. t 'Silva,' vol.ii., p. 217. * According to M. Do Lappnront,... | |
 | Thomas Allen Britton - Dry-rot - 1875 - 446 pages
...the second time than it did the first. Tredgold — no mean authority — considers that " boiled or steamed timber shrinks less, and stands better than that which is naturally seasoned." Barlow is of opinion that " the seasoning goes on more rapidly after the piece is steamed than when boiled."... | |
 | Thomas Tredgold - 1885 - 412 pages
...gives another property, which for some purposes is still more desirable than strength ; for boiled or steamed timber shrinks less and stands better than that which is naturally seasoned. Therefore it may often be useful to season timber in this manner where joiners' work is to be executed... | |
 | Samuel McMath Rowe - Wood - 1904 - 482 pages
...only one-third or less compared with impregnation with creosote or corrosive sublimate, many of the railroads have adopted the chloride of zinc process."...seasoning goes on more rapidly after the piece is steamed. KYANIZING. This process was invented and introduced into England in 1832, by John Howard Kyan. It consists... | |
 | Samuel McMath Rowe - Wood - 1904 - 392 pages
...only one-third or less compared with impregnation with creosote or corrosive sublimate, many of the railroads have adopted the chloride of zinc process."...seasoning goes on more rapidly after the piece is steamed. KYANIZING. This process was invented and introduced into England in 1832, by John Howard Kyan. It consists... | |
 | Samuel McMath Rowe - Wood - 1904 - 482 pages
...only one-third or less compared with impregnation with creosote or corrosive sublimate, many of the railroads have adopted the chloride of zinc process."...naturally seasoned. Barlow, another good authority, im is of opinion that the seasoning goes on more rapidly after the piece is steamed. KYANIZING. This... | |
 | William Francis Goltra - Railroad ties - 1912 - 272 pages
...solution, no doubt adds to its durability. Tredgold — no mean authority — considers that boiled or steamed timber shrinks less and stands better than...naturally seasoned. Barlow, another good authority, is of the opinion that the seasoning goes on more rapidly after the piece is steamed and stacked in open... | |
 | Alfred Wyndham Lushington - Forests and forestry - 1919 - 392 pages
...another property, which for some purposes is still more desirable than even strength ; for boiled or steamed timber shrinks less and stands better than that which is naturally seasoned. Therefore it may often be useful to season timber in this manner when joiner's work is to be executed... | |
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