Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-10-07
CONVERSION OFWOoDNTo

/. loNfLIsSiON OF WOOD INTOIRON.
TIE conversion OF wood inIo iron and
/ stone foe raj road purposes is exciting
.auca interest il England II the expert
24eht Gears abe lest of thorough trial, if
s'i'. aa1 'clmen.ely 10 the facility of con
s'iuat.ng railroads. We hope the ensin-
GERS and those concerned in building rail
rods, "Ii not celay ia testing the value of
'lis new discovery. Ths following extract
0! 'o''sr o! Prof Wright, dated London,
.June is, aud published in the Boston
Chronicle o. July ID, Will show how the
mater Is REGARDED by intelligent men in
E8giaad:
~ god dga, IS sad lately abou, wood.
aG4 .I'e1t nas been taken GU, ios COD
E.Fing Il iu.o isou. .hculd say slvne, by
means OF .ros. THIS G.tsiixed, or rather
iossl,zedi wood has beea used IN construct
Ing tie terminus OF die Dover railway, and
ieaiiy seems 10 haze tbs properties OF stone
asa iron. Rails oi !, laid down at Vaus
.or the experiment, endured travel &c 4al
to .hat Of year on the thronged galway
WhLou. any Preceptiole wear; not even
the saw marks OF lie timber being re-
moved. II IS supposed that timber thus
prepared viii not be subject 10 rot, OK de-
cay OF any hind.
This, time viii test. If this proves true.
the invention viii be OF vast importance 10
The =. States, where timber is yet plen,ier
and iron scaTcer than here. The process
d preparing timber is SIMPLY this: The
pieces, after being fitted by the CARPENTER
or joiner for their places, are introduced
Toto an Immense iron cylinder, which is
then exhausted by al air pump. a solu
Ton Of the s4. plate OF iron IS then iDjec-
.ed, Whca Immediately enters INTO the ex.
uausled pores vi lie wood. The wood is
lhen Withdrawn, aud again placed in
simi.a! vacuum II Il ISOLATION vi murate oil
lime, which, coming IN contact with the
saiPhate OF iron within the wood, decom-
poses il, and form, au insoluble OF lime, or
gypsum, within the wood; and the murIaie
o., IRON, the other new compound, goes
about is business. SO the wood becomes
thoroughly unprecedented with stone as hard
as ROCK: and yet as tough us it was be.
fore.
ihe eEr9sse d preparing 2,0G0 sleep
e.e, enough tor ul:H 81 salissy, is said
sot 70 slc.ed 3.s1. SOUS Of ,l.e creates.
engineers .ave exsrs..si their Gonfjence
IN tho Invention. aui tie process is en-
rloysd on many Of tis government works.
What m INVENTION for our Mississippi Y al
ley! Railways built Of light porus wood
the mOre po,ls he betier--nay be for less
Than . thousand dollars per mile. converted
MIC roads nearly, # not quite Us durable Us
ron"
s.ass. asst,as .astisn hecanss
General, wood carved into every variety OF
shape however faDciluI, will be- mineralized,
and berg thus rendered inpervious to
. common agents of decomposition, il will be
found good substitute for iron fencing.
rail,ng, &c, Shingles aud weather board
ing by being thus prepared will be render
cd everlasting. For the easements 81
I houses Oh tue FraiTies Of the West, where
some is no, 10 be found for miles, it viii
serve Is substitute. preferable even 10 the
stone itself lis utility in the building Of
docks, wnarves. &C., viii be immense.-
Piers. abu,menls, BRIDGES, locks. and aque-
duet, being built OF tbs material, will last
.os ages. The government OF the United
SIales might save millions IN 4 few years
~ adopting this process. Al! the wooden
pats Of ships may be minerallze, and no
part Of Them lett liable 10 decay or injury
Isom exposure.