[29] ‘Voyage de Spartmann au cap de Bonne-Espérance: voy. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. de Guérin.’ 1839.
[30] See Paper by Mr. J. B. Hartley, read before the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 23rd June, 1840, “On the Effects of the Worm on Kyanized Timber exposed to the Action of Sea Water; and on the Use of Greenheart Timber from Demerara.”
[31] Margary’s process failed to preserve wood from rot on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, England.
[32] See Paper by Mr. Thomas Hounslow, of the Royal Engineers’ Department, published in ‘Engineering,’ p. 198, 21st September, 1866. Also, Hurst’s edition of ‘Tredgold’s Carpentry,’ page 380. 1871. London.
[33] See Maconochie’s suggestion, p. 163.
[34] ‘Insects Abroad.’ By the Rev. J. Wood. 1874. London.
[35] ‘Histoire de l’Académie,’ p. 38. 1705. See also M. Maxime Paulet’s communication to the Academy, 27th April, 1874.
[36] Their Majesties’ Commission for the Rebuilding of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, in London. London: Printed by Benjamin Motte. 1692.
[37] Workmen would now think this clause a striking one.
[38] See lecture by Mr. W. G. Rogers, “On the Carvings of Grinling Gibbons,” delivered at the Royal Institute of British Architects, 3rd June, 1867.