Excerpt from Hand Book of Timber Preservation In a general way, the book is an epitome of the experience and observations of the author, assisted by Robert D. Rowe, recently deceased, giving results of much labor, study and time. It is not pretended that the operator can take the matter up from the book and proceed at once to run the business, as there is too much that calls for a trained and matured judgment; but the book will be of much service as a handbook and guide during the operation of the plant as well as to hints during the construction. The author is but too sensible of the imperfect arrangement of the work and that much is yet to do to make it complete, but trusts to be able to offer in the near future an edition that will correct, to some extent, the imperfections of this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.