St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 42, 271, 290
Sulphate of copper, 122, 146, 149, 150, 151, 161, 226, 284
Tar, and other substances, 106, 130, 159, 228, 251, 284
Teak oil, to preserve wood from ants, 259
Temple of Diana, at Ephesus, built on charred piles, 98
Tennant’s (Sir E.) account of ants in Ceylon, 246
Timber depreciates by keeping too long, 64
Tredgold (T.), on seasoning wood, 78, 101, 290
Trinity College, Cambridge, carvings at, 269, 273
Turpentine prevents rot, 36, 257, 263, 285
Uninflammable wood, good process required for, 170, 291
Wade’s suggestions for preserving wood, 119, 122
Warburton’s (H.) opinion of American oak, 40
Westwood’s (Prof.) report on wood beetles, 262
Zinc, chloride of--_see_ Burnett’s Process
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