[34] ‘Insects Abroad.’ By the Rev. J. Wood. 1874. London.
[35] ‘Histoire de l’Académie,’ p. 38. 1705. See also M. Maxime Paulet’s communication to the Academy, 27th April, 1874.
[36] Their Majesties’ Commission for the Rebuilding of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, in London. London: Printed by Benjamin Motte. 1692.
[37] Workmen would now think this clause a striking one.
[38] See lecture by Mr. W. G. Rogers, “On the Carvings of Grinling Gibbons,” delivered at the Royal Institute of British Architects, 3rd June, 1867.
[39] Paper by M. de Laperier, of the Belgian Legation, read at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries, relative to Flemish origin of English carving.
[40] The large pulpit is not from the design of Sir Christopher Wren, nor is the carving by Grinling Gibbons.
[41] See engraving in the ‘Art Journal,’ 1866.
[42] See Tredgold’s Report on this process, May 2, 1828.
[43] See Bartholomew’s’ Specifications,’ and Professor Donaldson’s valuable work on ‘Specifications,’ which comprises many examples by modern architects. The usual clause is: “The timber to be well seasoned (is it?), free from large knots, shakes, and other defects.”
Academy of Sciences, Holland, report on sea-worms, 235
” hydro-fluo-silicic, and other substances, 166
Air, admission of, to prevent or cure rot, 27, 171, 187, 284, 292
Alberti (L. B.), on seasoning wood, 66, 75
Alcohol, in corrosive sublimate, 263, 265, 266, 279
Alderson’s (Captain), experiments with woods, 127
American method of preserving ships’ masts, 111
” ” in Australia, Bahia, and Pernambuco, 245
” ” in Ceylon and the Philippine Islands, 246
Armstrong’s (J.), account of rotten floor, 43
Australian method of seasoning Jarrah wood, 115
Baker’s (J.), case of dry rot in Baltic wood, 177
Basement stories with damp, 23, 181, 182, 187
Belgian engineers prefer charred sleepers, 96
Belton House (Earl Brownlow’s), beetles in carvings at, 268, 281
Benzine, to destroy wood beetles, 266, 277, 286
Bethell’s (J.), patent creosoting process, 130, 155, 224, 234, 286
Boucherie’s (Dr.), sulphate of copper process, 146
Bourne’s (J.), experiments with wood, 254
Bowring’s (Sir J.), account of ants in Obando, 247
Boyden’s (A.), remedies for dry rot, 95, 112, 122
Brande (Dr.), on preserving woods, 139, 142, 155