Creosoted timer . Plate 5. Plate 4 represents cross-sections of the creosoted andcharred cypress pilesused in the construction of the pier aportion of which is shown in Plate 3. These specimens are. Plate 6. taken from the materials used in the original constructionand very well represent the status of the two classes ofmaterial at the expiration of seven yearsexposure to theaction of the teredo in Norfolk harbor. ITS PREPARATION AND USES 27 mmmmmsMm. ^H i^^^^M Plate 7. Plate 5 represents another example of the futility ofcharring timber for its protection against marine stick is
Creosoted timer . Plate 5. Plate 4 represents cross-sections of the creosoted andcharred cypress pilesused in the construction of the pier aportion of which is shown in Plate 3. These specimens are. Plate 6. taken from the materials used in the original constructionand very well represent the status of the two classes ofmaterial at the expiration of seven yearsexposure to theaction of the teredo in Norfolk harbor. ITS PREPARATION AND USES 27 mmmmmsMm. ^H i^^^^M Plate 7. Plate 5 represents another example of the futility ofcharring timber for its protection against marine stick is from a charred cypress pile—a part of the pierbefore mentioned. The extraordinarily bad condition isprobably due to the fact that more or less of the char wastorn off in the work of driving through the unavoidable
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