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Wood Products, Timber and 



Wood Waste. 



WOOD PRODUCTS : DISTILLATES AND EXTRACTS. 



By P, DuMESNY, Chemical Engineer, Expert before the Lj^ons Com- 

 mercial Tribunal, Member of the International Association of Leather 

 Chemists; and J. Noyer. Translated from the French by Donald 

 Grant. Royal Svo. 320 pp. 103 Illustrations and Numerous Tables. 

 Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, lis. home ; lis. 6d. abroad.) 



TIMBER : A Comprehensive Study of Wood in all its Aspects 

 (Commercial and Botanical), showing the Different Applications and 

 Uses of Timber in Various Trades, etc. Translated from the French 

 of Paul Charpentier. Royal Svo. 437 pp. 178 Illustrations. Price 

 12s. 6d. net. (Post free, 13s. home ; 14s. abroad.) 



Contents. 



Physical and Chemical Properties of Timber— Composition of the Vegetable Bodies 

 — Chief Elements — M. Fremy's Researches — Elementary Organs of Plants and especially of 

 Forests — Different Parts of Wood .Anatomically and Chemically Considered — General Pro- 

 perties of Wood — Description of the Different Kinds of Wood— Principal Essences with 

 Caducous Leaves — Coniferous Resinous Trees — Division of the Useful Varieties of Timber 

 in the Different Countries of the Globe — European Timber— African Timber — Asiatic 

 Timber — American Timber — Timber of Oceania — Forests — General Notes as to Forests ; their 

 Influence — Opinions as to Sylviculture — Improvement of Forests — Unwooding and Revvooding 

 — Preservation of Forests — Exploitation of Forests — Damage caused to Forests — Different 

 Alterations — The Preservation of Timber — Generalities — Causes and Progress of De- 

 terioration — History of Different Proposed Processes — Dessication — Superficial Carbonisation 

 of Timber — Processes by Immersion — Generalities as to Antiseptics Employed — Injection 

 Processes in Closed Vessels — The Boucherie System, Based upon the Displacement of the 

 Sap— ^-Processes for Making Timber Uninflammable — Applications of Timber — Generalities 

 — Working Timber — Pa\'ing — Timber for Mines — Railway Traverses — Accessory Products — 

 Gums — Works of .M. Fremy — Resins — Barks— Tan — Application of Cork — The Application of 

 Wood to Art and Dyeing — Different Applications of Wood — Hard Wood— Distillation of 

 Wood — Pyroligneous Acid — Oil of Wood — Distillation of Resins — Index. 



THE UTILISATION OF WOOD WASTE. Translated from 

 the German of Ernst Hubbard. Crown 8vo. 192 pp. Fifty Illustra- 

 tions. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home ; 5s. 6d. abroad.) 



Building and Architecture. 



ORNAMENTAL CEMENT WORK. By Oliver Wheatley. 

 Demy Svo. 83 Illustrations. 128 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 

 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.) [yiistpicblished. 



Contents. 



Introduction — Chapters I., Workshop — II., Plain Work— III., Technique— IV., Choice of 

 Ornaments — V., Extended Uses. 



THE PREVENTION OF DAMPNESS IN BUILDINGS; 



with Remarks on the Causes, Nature and Effects of Saline, Efflores- 

 cences and Dry-rot, for Architects, Builders, Overseers, Plasterers, 

 Painters and House Owners. By Adolf Wilhelm Kelm. Translated 

 from the German of the second revised Edition by M. J. Salter, F.I.C, 

 F.C.S. Eight Coloured Plates and Thirteen Illustrations. Crown Svo. 

 115 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 4d. abroad.) 



HANDBOOK OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN ARCHI- 

 TECTURE AND BUILDING, AND THEIR ALLIED 

 TRADES AND SUBJECTS. By Augustine C. Passmorr 

 Demy Svo. 3S0 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net, (Post free, 8s. home ; 8s. 6d. 

 abroad.) 



