Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-10-27
g0ashsEIs's llelhod Of Hardening Wood.
Alaank pthef .cdfi66s lhiigs 8 the an
b6fl of He Faent OlIice Is a long
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= NE ps6tess discovered by M Bouc hsfie

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y heps6tess discovered by NJ Bouc hefiei
for impyegpatinR wood with various saliue
sSHsoluIions, Both bril- purpose q &oIdtiag
.s.,got as welloas preserving he weod,s In this
- Is jpPe ratieRtlle zjnveDtorshas aYailed him
sell OF the capillary (or rather vascular)
action ofthe living plant 10 carry liquids
into every minute peyeg and effects the
impregRaiioh ilf ~ most rapid and thor.
ough manner, IA the, older processes,
the impEsgpalioR was facilitated By yari-
Gus devices, insusingpthe sforce pump or
ATMOSPHERIC pressuIe; But in M. Bous
cheric's method nature IS made 70 play
singular part-isc cheated as # were--a
the living plant ismadeto absosIBchemi.
appropriations instead Of It's 0wh sap.
For instance a large. poplar tree,l soon
aslcr il was cut down, was placed with its
foot in a splrHionsefthe PyroligGateof iron
1.-THE liquid selected by inventor after
seFen years 6f Experiment.. y and a short
..rlIBe the whole Tree was penetrated by
the solution. e The position ofssthes tree
whether hor:zontaIs0f vertical Is of no
consequences as't0q its absorbing power,
and The inventor moreover, found that il
q. ~. was not. necessary to cut the free down,
bat that by boring holes in the tree, aud
g t0rmihg atF66gh around 4, sthe absorption
Immediately took place Some singular
facts were als0 dsvelopedJ iu'his e1peri
FNFpeRts< HefouHt Ahatean kinds sof trees
? IL refuscdtto take up syegetakle solti,iom
while neutral metallis solutions we're alb
@A-Es0tbsd Win apiaiI H e ESlnd also, that
branches ct trees, as soon as cut -hrgan
wsKlo absorb air,Sandby asiInpl1 cnnirfsafldel
fasors aseertained thata freshly cu branch awitr
absorb ieetimesfts own volume lof a ir:.E
80 among the results .6ftRis process are,
sas ctfrst--that the wood is preserved from de-
- = cay and thesa attacks If insectslthat wood
-'Ha dnnaS be prevented from shrinking; thar ii
is rendered almost incombustible; and that
sssa ,hmay be,swith great facility, dyed. To the
adv Bey hearbinayeEyl perfect manner. A
most singular experiment. was made in
which dYeing was effected within the wood
ITSELF magnificent blue wood waspro.
duced By causing a tree to absorb succcs-
siyely salt of iron and theyplpssiaie of
pOtashA-ttIes elements ofaJlues Mon. a.
rago exhibited-te- the Academy of Scien.
s99si eesaa column of peartre wood, impreg.
Ga mated with Pyrotignite Of iron, as black
1,sa and hard as ebony.-BOsten Cult. as :. ?
Lag 81 q yitiSeT r-777-1--sta pss
asd $40 PRESERVATION sOP As sAPpLR.--The
"a ga York ~ Republican Is Informed by a
sr.g correspondent that while the. workmen
tFAyeEe engaged lin removing part OF the
old bank whiGhl formed The inner breast
~ofths Spring Forge Dam, lately broken
Gby alftsshets they ifodnd, isonleleight feel
ssbelow the stop sHrface,i embedded in d
hsqatOughs blue clay, which had been ahuddled
80 Unjust behind the crib or timber part thai
as h b>d I, aeen coinPactfy filed with, Kandee
.TgeF APples the skin Of which was black
but when cut open, il was s60nd as az
ePPle ofthis years growth.s Several gen
temen present tasted the apple, and fopnc
"a IL to he fresh and PaIatabl. sIt7is ssppos
Harsed that this apple ,wasidropped intha placs
where the workmen found it, willis the
dam was repairing, about twenty year.
a0o eflSifEif4.fis2ts 81 ~ mas Ftf tfSfSbS
th&Is. ,ua14.E so
Dow il. in his sermon Of last .ssweek