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2. Superscript text is rendered using an underscore (_).]




AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

INSTITUTED 1852


TRANSACTIONS

Paper No. 1168


TESTS OF CREOSOTED TIMBER.

BY W. B. GREGORY, M. AM. SOC. C. E.




During the last few years a quantity of literature has appeared in which
the treatment of timber by preservatives has been discussed. The
properties of timber, both treated and untreated, have been determined
by the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, and