Excerpt from The Hayford Process and Apparatus for Preserving Timber Mr. President and Gentlemen, Members of the Franklin Institute - I wish to invite your attention, this evening, to a consideration of the natural and mechanical principles involved in the Improved: Processes and Apparatus for Preserving Wood, patented by Ira Hayford, Boston. As introductory to the main subject, a few statistics iof the rapid consumption of the timber of this country, an explanation of' the causes of decay in wood, and the scientific principles which are the basis of every successful method of arresting and preventing decay, will not be out _of place. The subject of wood-preserving has not received the attention of scientific and practical men in this country, which its importance as a valuable industry demands for it. In Europe it is not only well understood, but preserved wood is generally used. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.