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1891
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Research Article| January 01 1891

TIMBER IN THE TROPICS; THE TEREDO NAVALIS AND WHITE ANT.

J W JAMES
J W JAMES
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-0477
Print ISSN: 1753-7843
© Thomas Telford and ICE
1891
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1891) 103 (1891): 337–341.
https://doi.org/10.1680/imotp.1891.20566

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Keywords: TIMBER, TROPICS, TEREDO, TEREDO NAVALIS, INSECTS, RESISTANCE, SLEEPERS, BORERS, MARINE, ANTS, WHITE, WOOD, RAILWAYS, PROTECTION, ATTACK, PORT DARWIN, AUSTRALIA
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SAINT JOHN HARBOUR, NEW BRUNSWICK. (INCLUEDS PHOTOGRAPHS, APPENDIX AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHENDEROH WATER-POWER PLANT OF THE PERAK RIVER HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER SCHEME. (INCLUDES APPENDIX AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
CONSTRUCTION OF A SUBMERGIBLE ROAD-BRIDGE OVER THE NERBUDDA RIVER NEAR JUBBULPORE, CENTRAL PROVINCES,INDIA. (INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPH AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
CORRESPONDENCE ON HAIFA HARBOUR, THE PORT OF BEIRA, AND SAINT JOHN HARBOUR.

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