Findlay / Kape Timber Pests and Diseases

Pergamon Series of Monographs on Furniture and Timber
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-5476-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Web PDF

Timber Pests and Diseases is an updated version of an earlier work entitled Dry Rot and Other Timber Troubles, which is out of print. The opportunity was taken to revise the text throughout, bringing it up to date and including the results of recent research work. A new chapter on Termites has been included. Detailed reference to wood preservatives has been omitted as modern works dealing with this subject have recently been published. The book begins with a discussion of the economic impact of timber pests and disease. Separate chapters cover the nature of wood; the causes of deterioration in timber; fungal decay; discolorations or staining in timber; destruction caused by wood-boring insects: Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and Lepidoptera; and destruction of wood by Isoptera (termites). Subsequent chapters deal with diseases of standing trees; the care of timber after felling and conversion; the decay of timber in buildings; the protection of timber in farm and garden; decay in ships, boats and marine works; and decay in vehicles, aircraft, poles, mining timbers, cooling towers, packing-cases, fibreboards, plywood, etc.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Findlay, W. P. K.

Kape, Jack

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover ;1
2;Timber Pests and Diseases;6
3;Copyright Page;7
4;Table of Contents;8
5;List of Illustrations;10
6;Preface;12
7;CHAPTER 1. Economic Significance of Timber Pests and Diseases;14
8;CHAPTER 2. The Nature of Wood;19
8.1;SOFT AND HARD WOODS;20
8.2;CHEMISTRY OF WOOD;23
8.3;DURABILITY OF WOODS;25
8.4;ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL DURABILITY;30
8.5;RESISTANCE TO INSECT ATTACK;31
9;CHAPTER 3. Causes of Deterioration in Timber;32
9.1;(1) MECHANICAL WEAR;33
9.2;(2) DECOMPOSITION BY HEAT;34
9.3;(3) CHEMICAL ATTACK;35
9.4;(4) FUNGAL DECAY;38
9.5;(5) INSECT ATTACK;41
9.6;(6) ATTACK BY OTHER ANIMALS;42
10;CHAPTER 4. Fungal Decay;45
10.1;NATURE OF FUNGI;46
10.2;EFFECTS OF DECAY ON WOOD;61
10.3;THE CULTURING OF FUNGI;73
11;CHAPTER 5. Discolorations, Stains and Blemishes;75
11.1;(1) OXIDIZATION STAINS;76
11.2;(2) INCIPIENT DECAY;77
11.3;(3) SAP-STAINING FUNGI;77
11.4;(4) CONTACT WITH CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES;87
11.5;(5) OVERHEATING;88
11.6;(6) WEATHERING;88
12;CHAPTER 6 Destruction of Wood by Insects 1
;90
12.1;COLEOPTERA;92
12.2;HYMENOPTERA;122
12.3;LEPIDOPTERA (BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS);124
13;CHAPTER 7. Destruction of Wood by Insects 2. Isoptera (Termites);126
13.1;CLASSIFICATION OF TERMITES;128
13.2;NUTRITION OF TERMITES AND THEIR DIGESTIVE PROCESSES;133
13.3;PREVENTION OF TERMITE ATTACK;134
13.4;TERMITE-RESISTANT TIMBERS;137
13.5;AFRICA, WEST;138
13.6;AFRICA, EAST AND CENTRAL;138
13.7;WEST INDIES AND TROPICAL AMERICA;139
13.8;INDIA, BURMA AND MALAYA;139
13.9;AUSTRALASIA;139
13.10;SPREAD OF TERMITES—PAST AND FUTURE;140
14;CHAPTER 8. Diseases of Standing Trees;144
14.1;BUTT ROT;145
14.2;TOP ROT;155
15;CHAPTER 9. Care of Timber after Felling and Conversion;169
15.1;STORAGE AND PROTECTION OF LOGS;170
15.2;SEASONING, STORAGE, AND PROTECTION OF SAWN TIMBER;175
16;CHAPTER 10. Decay of Timber in Buildings;187
16.1;FUNGI THAT CAUSE DECAY IN EXPOSED WOODWORK;190
16.2;DETECTION OF DRY ROT;206
16.3;ERADICATION AND CURE OF DRY ROT;208
16.4;TREATMENT OF WET ROT;213
16.5;PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DAMP IN BUILDINGS;214
16.6;DECAY OF WOODWORK IN INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS;218
16.7;PREVENTION OF DECAY IN BUILDINGS;219
16.8;LEGAL ASPECTS;228
17;CHAPTER 11. Protection of Timber in Farm and Garden;232
18;CHAPTER 12. Decay in Ships, Boats and Marine Works;244
18.1;HISTORICAL;244
18.2;DECAY IN MODERN CRAFT;248
18.3;PREVENTION OF DECAY IN BOATS;253
18.4;CHEMICAL BREAKDOWN OF WOOD IN BOATS;258
18.5;MARINE BORERS;259
19;CHAPTER 13. Decay in Vehicles, Aircraft, Poles, Mining Timbers, Cooling Towers, Packing-cases, Fibreboards, Plywood, etc.;266
19.1;VEHICLES;266
19.2;CONCLUSION;281
20;Bibliography;284
21;Index/Glossary;286