PRESERVING TIMBER
BY ELECTRICAL TREATMENT
In a paper read at the Science Congress before the Physics Section on Saturday. Mr. A. M. Wright described in technical detail, electrical methods of seasoning timber. The paper dealt with experiments, •in which by tho application of largo electrical direct voltage (about 3000) it has becii found possible to drive sap and moisture out of certain Nov Zealand timbers, such as white pine, and, on the other hand, to drive certain preserving salts into the pores of the timber. It is considered possible that the method may be a commercial success. Tlie experiments also, have an important theoretical bearing upon the method of ascent of sap in living trees, and showed that electricity plays an important part in tho growth of trees.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 101, 15 January 1923, Page 4
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128PRESERVING TIMBER Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 101, 15 January 1923, Page 4
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