Creosoted Timber: Its Preparation and Uses (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Creosoted Timber: Its Preparation and Uses Frequent allusions are made by ancient writers to various substances employed for the preservation of timber and other vegetable fibre from decay. Tar and pitch were used for the preservation of the statue of Zeus by Phidias which stood in a grove at Olympus. The platform upon which it stood was painted at regular periods with a bituminous oil. The statue of Diana at Ephesus was of wood; even if its origin was miraculous, miracles were not relied upon for its preservation, as Pliny asserts upon the authority of Mucianus that the statue was kept saturated with the Oil of Nard, which was much alike the Dead Oil of Coal Tar of modern commerce. Of all the methods employed by the human race for the preservation of organic substances, there are perhaps none which have been as good as those employed by the ancient Egyptians. The results of their processes have lasted through centuries and have absolutely proved the value of antiseptics for the preservation of animal and vegetable matter. When Pettigrew succeeded in withdrawing by maceration the preservative from the heart of a mummy embalmed three thousand years before, the heart at once began to putrify; a striking proof of the efficacy of the substances employed for its preservation, and that the immunity from decay was not due to an absolute chemical transformation. The Naphthalene of Dead Oil is to modern wood preservation what the Oil of Bitumen was to the preservation of animal matter, and it is of these important processes that the Norfolk Creosoting Company speaks through the pages of this book to those whose interests make wooden structures desirable. The processes described represent the best modern practice in America and Europe, as developed and elaborated since Dead Oil of Coal Tar came into use as a timber preservative. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Paperback, Label: Forgotten Books, Forgotten Books, Product group: Book, Published: 2015-09-27, Studio: Forgotten Books.

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