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Timber pests and diseases /
Timber Pests and Diseases is an updated version of an earlier work entitled Dry Rot and Other Timber Troubles, which is out of print. The opportunity was taken to revise the text throughout, bringing it up to date and including the results of recent research work. A new chapter on Termites has been...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1967.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Pergamon series of monographs on furniture and timber ;
v. 5. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover ; Timber Pests and Diseases; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Economic Significance of Timber Pests and Diseases; CHAPTER 2. The Nature of Wood; SOFT AND HARD WOODS; CHEMISTRY OF WOOD; DURABILITY OF WOODS; ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL DURABILITY; RESISTANCE TO INSECT ATTACK; CHAPTER 3. Causes of Deterioration in Timber; (1) MECHANICAL WEAR; (2) DECOMPOSITION BY HEAT; (3) CHEMICAL ATTACK; (4) FUNGAL DECAY; (5) INSECT ATTACK; (6) ATTACK BY OTHER ANIMALS; CHAPTER 4. Fungal Decay; NATURE OF FUNGI; EFFECTS OF DECAY ON WOOD; THE CULTURING OF FUNGI
- CHAPTER 5. Discolorations, Stains and Blemishes(1) OXIDIZATION STAINS; (2) INCIPIENT DECAY; (3) SAP-STAINING FUNGI; (4) CONTACT WITH CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES; (5) OVERHEATING; (6) WEATHERING; CHAPTER 6 Destruction of Wood by Insects 1; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA (BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS); CHAPTER 7. Destruction of Wood by Insects 2. Isoptera (Termites); CLASSIFICATION OF TERMITES; NUTRITION OF TERMITES AND THEIR DIGESTIVE PROCESSES; PREVENTION OF TERMITE ATTACK; TERMITE-RESISTANT TIMBERS; AFRICA, WEST; AFRICA, EAST AND CENTRAL; WEST INDIES AND TROPICAL AMERICA; INDIA, BURMA AND MALAYA
- AUSTRALASIASPREAD OF TERMITES-PAST AND FUTURE; CHAPTER 8. Diseases of Standing Trees; BUTT ROT; TOP ROT; CHAPTER 9. Care of Timber after Felling and Conversion; STORAGE AND PROTECTION OF LOGS; SEASONING, STORAGE, AND PROTECTION OF SAWN TIMBER; CHAPTER 10. Decay of Timber in Buildings; FUNGI THAT CAUSE DECAY IN EXPOSED WOODWORK; DETECTION OF DRY ROT; ERADICATION AND CURE OF DRY ROT; TREATMENT OF WET ROT; PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DAMP IN BUILDINGS; DECAY OF WOODWORK IN INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS; PREVENTION OF DECAY IN BUILDINGS; LEGAL ASPECTS; CHAPTER 11. Protection of Timber in Farm and Garden
- CHAPTER 12. Decay in Ships, Boats and Marine WorksHISTORICAL; DECAY IN MODERN CRAFT; PREVENTION OF DECAY IN BOATS; CHEMICAL BREAKDOWN OF WOOD IN BOATS; MARINE BORERS; CHAPTER 13. Decay in Vehicles, Aircraft, Poles, Mining Timbers, Cooling Towers, Packing-cases, Fibreboards, Plywood, etc.; VEHICLES; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index/Glossary