Lecture the Dry Rot

Excerpt from A Lecture the Dry Rot: And on the Most, Effectual Means of Preventing It; Delivered Before the Institute of British Architects, April 3, 1837 The utility of timber, when employed in the construction of edifices and other arts of life, is greatly lessened by its perishable nature. Another unfavorable point in its character is, that it cannot be taken like the metal from the mine, and subjected to a few manipulations or processes, generally speedily performed, and then applied immediately to the purpose for which it is intended. In all cases where wood is wished to be durable, it must be submitted to processes which have hitherto been tedious, and attended with the loss of capital, thus rendered inactive during the years which were required for their completion. 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.