The Popular Science Monthly, Volumen13D. Appleton, 1878 |
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Página 549
... entirely different manner that the cirripeds ( Balanus sulcatus ) aid in preserving wood . When these animals , to which sail- ors and the inhabitants of our coasts give the name of Pustules of the Sea , or Sea - Thorns , multiply to ...
... entirely different manner that the cirripeds ( Balanus sulcatus ) aid in preserving wood . When these animals , to which sail- ors and the inhabitants of our coasts give the name of Pustules of the Sea , or Sea - Thorns , multiply to ...
Página 552
... entirely incrusted with rust more than a centi- metre thick , but which were , nevertheless , eaten in the interior by the teredo . Sluice - gates are frequently covered by sheets of iron , copper , or zinc . It is evident that , so ...
... entirely incrusted with rust more than a centi- metre thick , but which were , nevertheless , eaten in the interior by the teredo . Sluice - gates are frequently covered by sheets of iron , copper , or zinc . It is evident that , so ...
Página 553
... entirely riddled by the Teredo navalis , up to the edge of the creosoted portion , but that the destructive marine worm carefully avoided . wood a silicate of lime . The pieces thus prepared were left in the open air during six months ...
... entirely riddled by the Teredo navalis , up to the edge of the creosoted portion , but that the destructive marine worm carefully avoided . wood a silicate of lime . The pieces thus prepared were left in the open air during six months ...
Página 555
... entirely intact ; the most careful examination could not show the slightest trace of the worm , even in the pieces withdrawn from the water in 1862 and 1863 , and each time scraped to a depth of several millimetres and again placed in ...
... entirely intact ; the most careful examination could not show the slightest trace of the worm , even in the pieces withdrawn from the water in 1862 and 1863 , and each time scraped to a depth of several millimetres and again placed in ...
Página 556
... entirely eaten by the tere- do - an evident proof that even the hardest woods are not safe from the attacks of that mollusk . The commission has received , it is true , many communications relative to different kinds of woods known to ...
... entirely eaten by the tere- do - an evident proof that even the hardest woods are not safe from the attacks of that mollusk . The commission has received , it is true , many communications relative to different kinds of woods known to ...
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