[9] See Chapman, Boydon, Jackson, and Kyan’s methods.
[10] See ‘London Journal of Arts,’ March, 1842; ‘Bull. de l’Encouragement,’ June, 1842.
[11] See ‘Repertory of Patent Inventions,’ December, 1836.
[12] See ‘Étuves de Désiccation et Appareil pour l’lnjection des Bois.’ Par MM. Dorsett et Blythé, manufacturiers, à Bordeaux. 1859.
[13] See ‘Repertory of Patent Inventions’ April, 1847.
[14] See Chap. IV., p. 97.
[15] See coating for piles, p. 161.
[16] See ‘Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,’ v. 7, page 433; ‘Tredgold’s Carpentry’ by J. T. Hurst, 1871; ‘Histoire de l’Acad.,’ 1765, page 15; ‘Ann. des Ponts et Chaussées,’ v. 15, page 307; ‘Mem. sur la Conservation des Bois à la Mer,’ 1868, by Forestier; ‘Bois de Marine,’ by Quatrefages, 1848.
[17] There are eight kinds of teredines, of which three are to be found in European waters, viz. the Teredo fatalis, Teredo navalis, Teredo bipennata.
[18] See ‘Memoirs of Sir M. I. Brunel;’ also, for particulars of the construction of the shield designed by him for forming the Tunnel, Weale’s ‘London Exhibited,’ and ‘A Memoir of the Thames Tunnel,’ in Weale’s Quarterly Papers on Engineering.