, 1874-09-07
Tho Preservation OF climber From, Dc,
Eily Illsat E'hros

1An rrcacFFntaOA OF Timber From nc-
city slnat Fire.
| From TIC london Ifour, Aug. IL.
IN theHa dnyH OF aololtillu progrpsH tho i(en of
rendering wood icnmbaBtihG nlslst not bq rogn,4.
Cd altogether ~ an.lm,osslbo foat, for most In
portaut step l,as beon TALON in this direction by
tho Aey. pr. Jo',oB, tho Principal Of Harowonu
College. Tayiatoek. Ikiu gon.le,nan l,aa d,scoy-
erod TINT wood, II stopped in o solution Imlontui
W hinl WILL ronint III n wonderful nanunr ,l.u
scslon Of nre and stay tlo rayagos Of drY.rot and
dccny. 1t ts alao singular tllillg that tho mill
oral from whicl, this solution ID n,edo ias alwayy
greatly troubled tho t,-rlillers, tn addition to
lta being considered until rneontly allnoHt
%9nte m Iasoltlon III OF tho tungBtato Of soda.
assembled ut tho priory. TA;,tlr,l{,o, i,eur uutl-
atono, 70 witrcAs sone interesting experiments
hsatlo With Dr. Jones' Iltont, Ihv first expori-
Mans was tried on two anall lyrallida construct
gu ~ placing . largo nnn,bor of iiooos OF woml
togothor@oi'o bolng "pckfod" with tho prepar-
ALTON, ahd tho other unpreparotl. pint or nc
troloum wah poured Dyor each I.re WAS then
applied, aud whilst At! that remained 1t tic u-
ptepaied timber aB tho usual ros4uum Of nsAoe,
tllat aoalsad with thu preparation rosnuiue,l nj.
oht tntaot. Tho noxt experiment was L1nt trial
OH EunloWder barrel of tlo nslInl GoyrrnnlntI.
size, under the head Ut which wau plncod n
aala,!tlty Ia u Eanpowter wrapped in IL pleee Of
tlsbuu-papar alld then envolopul Ii. brown pn;3or
propaled with Dr. jones' solutiu,,, Tl,uur}, n,,l.
1ooted tu tic Aeat caslscl by petroleum being
poured over unproparctl BliayingH aud JjcltotI
tAo gunpow'lorr. dlG not explode eycn wlon tlls
iaales Hnlc waio ulIectotl to tho intosior Of tic
found III prooianly tha sauio condition as It WAX
prior to being Bubjsctol to iiro, Tlo third
experiment. WIZ tlat Of HoLting tiro 10 two
rrocasa %oosn .m o19 IT, os being earod BY 70
'nstnnce of ,he former, though subjected to tllo
Lieut. oaa1sod by largo ilro bsiug placotl ii tic
centre Of tho basement, tho floor was Lut
Slightly cAarred, In tho otbor, as might llayo
bnFnt aud' Ind timo hoaa allowed, tic wl.oie
structure would 1Avo boon dcstIoyo1. 4 fuurtl
experiment waa that Of 8llbiocttug a Wopfjcn
boz, OF several illuhea Of lhiokIiona, to tho
taines Of tcrco ilro for sumo ti1ooh minutes,
When taAcn out tho extoriur of tho boz wua bI,t
little oba1rod, ana OH itH being oponod poroh-
mont decd, to which larpa seal bul baun nt- |
taclod, WIS found unhnr1nod, tho sealing wnx
llEelf not presenting my appearance Of hHying
suffered from melting. After tAase tosLs OF tHn |
efficacy Of tho treatment Ind Lnet, ICON ooucjndet %
thoao preaclt wore shown q pinqo Of tin1hnr |
la!ton frola II. AI. i. Lord Clyde, which llad |
boon rostorod from stata Of almost pulp tu its |
uolmal cuntlItion.
dressed t4 experimenting purity, aud nuiu tllat
dhtlhs tle Inst lfty yeR1B various 1llthotla lind
boan tried Tor preserving ti.nbor, aud tho pro-
oesEoa mostly i'll s,so now wore known ~ erousot-
a aHoayy, ayalsE eae ~ I{ofe'sE fesa END Douetism
ttoatuvos they all had algnally failcd to 10
- prcsersois ut wnud iuusnl,4cl as whero thoy
ll"d to SOHO ostcnt answered that pMrpose, they
l!aVo py the very proccHs rendered it still uuru
ullo to iro t4nil 1t Was ayen III ia natural stuto.
llo Could nut mention moro striking INSTANCES Of
Ills fAct than tho recent djaaBtrolla aui "yto1,-
siYo oonllagratiup at Sir Thomas GabrieTs croo-
iol'ng yards uoar Loution, and the ssat landing
'eryod timber. 1t was therefore eyitou. tnat
{ my i'oloo OF treating timber conll bo found
llat would not only perfectly prevent dry.rot
md decay in timber, but NJ tho ba1ne time roniar
inamlnable, or ut least to burn but slightly,
mt process WnB tho Quo TINT would 10 Justly
Untitled to tho torul "proBcrvor." lle ulaiuoi
. huFo Uncovered that method. Aitur for, ius
t homo length 10 thu BysLomH llo had aropdy
nont!qned = 1 vi being in use, Ao proceeded to ex-
timber, with n hot solution Of
unGstatn OF soda, md tho merits Of this propara-
.an wosa ofactlveness aud aloaploss, The
Mner waB rendered exceedingly hard, the softer-
faneu WoouH being undo IN hard aA oak or
sals, while oal. teak, aud mahogany woto ,uatlo
u! more ondulablo. It readily took paipt, was
apab!o OF high dogran Of polish, aid artiolau
of common ple plop,rcd with Lis
putlon ElSalod IN appourance those made OF
.hi'osany ~ or oak, aud wero equally halYl, Ito
atont not only prevented but ourad timbor al-
'aay aRootoa by dry-rut a,ld decay. 80 TINT
waa possible, 10 believed, to rcbtOro
,.aolafoa slloh ~ slips fur INSTANCE, 10 tl,olr
vi ~]@4 III tuhHu kluIn p1[k4f
lan thoy wero whom 1llgt oonstl ,,ctad Al m
eontroVartlblo propf Of tho restoration of de-
'yad timber, tho feyarnud go,tlonlau rotorrod
tue pteeo Of tic Lord Clyde Rlropty lueil-
onus,. Wi'luh, Whom thkan out by Admiral Sir
nc roYarol1 gentleman concluded by aItiiu:
lat lsis pAtollt poh6osHal l1 commercial aouao
t4a aconon1o features tia. tic science and I
aallco ot tho prcsent day aiMod at, aud tAera-
ro lo considered that III business inyostn,nnt
% patont muss provo aa yaltInblo w it would bo
'molclal in Social point Of view. |
Tho tn'lgBtato was mado III tl4iB country from
10 Wolllam, found mixol with the tin ores iu
MnWAll, u!d tho oost, un anything like u largo
Mo, would be very H,nall. 1t uollu also 30
edo from tho tnngatata OF time, which oxistol
on mora abuMlantly than wolfram, and II wapto i
oauot obtained in this Case, viz, chloride of
no, Woulu pay a!moat tho wlsulu cost of tho I
nufnusurV.
INIT IT W1lE TINT Changed kpis Mind | :