The cause of dry rot discovered; with a description of a patent invention for preserving decked vesselsLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829 - 80 Seiten |
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Seite 132 - Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is (d).
Seite xxi - ... the surface to have shrunk inwards from the loss of substance in the interior, and for want of internal support, or perhaps, from the same cause, to have been pressed inwards by the weight of the atmosphere. Then, can it be the air, that has done it? There are the same answers to this supposition as to the former, namely, that the paint has kept the air from coming into any actual contact with the timber, and that it is the interior of the timber, that has first become rotten. It cannot be the...
Seite xxii - But the water-closet is close to the outer door, which is not dry rotten, whilst it is nine or ten feet distant from the inner door, which is so. Besides which, I never heard that the dry rot was particularly prevalent in places of this description. Again, it can neither be the light nor the darkness of the place that has caused the rot. For, with respect to the first, the door, even when the outer door of the outer vault is open, is never in the full light of day. And, with respect to the darkness...
Seite 1 - ... so plentifully, and making a little pool of water in the ground, that has caused the decay. It is this heat, so almost continually forcing its way through the door into and out of the vault by turns, and, in so doing, coming into immediate contact with, and exerting an action of some sort on the whole of the interior of the timber, that has by degrees effected its decomposition as timber, and made it so rotten as it is. It was by turning the subject in my mind, and sifting and scrutinizing it...
Seite xxii - ... without first decaying the outside. Is it foul air? The same answer applies, that, if so, we should naturally expect it to decay the Outside first; to decay that which it touched, and not that which it did not touch. Besides, there is no foul air here, that I can perceive. The servants...
Seite 101 - Esq. barrister at law, for his having found out or discovered an invention for preserving decked ships or vessels, so as to render them less liable to dry "rot, and for preserving goods on board such ships and vessels from damage by heat — 18th December — 6 months.
Seite 1 - Can it be caused neither by heat, nor by cold, nor by changing from heat to cold? Stop! That does not follow. But, how? How is this door affected by the changes in the temperature? I have it! I have found it out! It is the heat which is so constantly working its way, in such a quantity, through the timber of the door, in the one direction or the other...
Seite 1 - ... come, is working its way out, and leaving behind it all that wet which it has deposited against the inner side of the door within the vault, and which is now running down so plentifully, and making a little pool of water in the ground, that has caused the decay. It is this heat, so almost continually forcing its way through the door into and...
Seite 81 - The annexed figure represents a side view of the breaking machine on a scale of three quarters of an inch to a foot. The framing, A, is of timber, which serves to support the five hreaking cylinders CcDEE, turning on pivots; CD and c move in brass bearings, fixed upon...
Seite i - THE CAUSE OF DRY ROT DISCOVERED: with a Description of a PATENT INVENTION for preserving Decked Vessels from Dry Rot, and Goods on Board from Damage by Heat. By JOHN GEORGE, Esq., Barrister at Law. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.