CONDITIONING TIMBER.
LECTURE BY ME. TIE-MANX. ,\n instructive lecture on the feeien. tiflc masoning of timber was given in the wienc-e buildings of the Auckland University laet evening by Mr. H. P. Tiemann. dry-kiin export of the Madlsun laboratories. Therp was a large attendance, which followed -.vith interest Mr. Ticmann's addre??. which was illustrated with numerous lantern <lides. Mr. W. 15. T.cyland presided. The lecturer said that a better term for the treatment of limber than kilndrying would be—the ronditioriim.- of timber. A dry-kiln was really an apparatus in which timber could he dried to any condition required. in drying timber the three chief factors were the rirculatloTi of the air. the humidity of the air. and the temperature. These wore conditions whie'a an efficient, kiln miiM provide. The. physics! properties of tiir-'w, tlip i-ellular formation of wood, and the effect of drvinir U|)on it, were dealt with u1 lencih !i y the lecturer.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 120, 23 May 1922, Page 2
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