On the Suitability of New Zealand White Pine when creosoted for Railway Sleepers By Dr. Hector 2. “On the Suitability of New Zealand White Pine, when creosoted, for Railway Sleepers,” by Dr. Hector. A specimen presented to the Museum by Mr. Harding of Mount Vernon was exhibited, being portion of a white pine sleeper that had been treated with creosote at Crewe, England, and then buried in the ground for seven years, and which has continued perfectly hard and sound for that period.
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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 17, 1884, Page 447
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83On the Suitability of New Zealand White Pine when creosoted for Railway Sleepers Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 17, 1884, Page 447
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