ON THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF TIMBER, WITH DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS OF SEVERAL METHODS, NOW IN USE, FOR ITS PRESERVATION FROM DECAY (INCLUDING APPENDIX AND PLATE).

Keywords: TIMBER, PRESERVATION, DECAY, DISEASES, WOOD, TREES, CREOSOTE, RAILWAYS, SLEEPERS, TROPICS, BITUMEN, TREATMENT, HEATING, PREPARATION, METHODS, MATERIALS, DECOMPOSITION, PROTECTION, COATINGS, CREOSOTING