preserving timber

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• Wood preservation — All measures that are taken to ensure a long life of wood fall under the definition wood preservation (timber treatment). Apart from structural wood preservation measures, there are a number of different (chemical) preservatives and processes… …   Wikipedia

• John Howard Kyan — (1774 1850) was the inventor of the kyanising process for preserving wood. He was the son of John Howard Kyan of Mount Howard and Ballymurtagh, County Wicklow, and was born in Dublin on Nov 27, 1774. His father was the owner of valuable copper… …   Wikipedia

• Payne's process — A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in vacuo. {Payn ize}, v. t. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Paynize — Payne s process Payne s process A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in vacuo. {Payn ize}, v. t. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tar — tar1 noun a dark, thick flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal, used in road making and for coating and preserving timber. ↘a similar substance formed by burning tobacco or other material. verb (tars, tarring, tarred) [usu. as adjective… …   English new terms dictionary

• tar — Ⅰ. tar [1] ► NOUN 1) a dark, thick flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal, used in road making and for coating and preserving timber. 2) a similar substance formed by burning tobacco or other material. ► VERB (tarred, tarring) ▪ cover with… …   English terms dictionary

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

• Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …   Universalium

• cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …   Universalium

• Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural… …   Universalium

• India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …   Universalium