RECORD OF AMERICAN EXPERIMENTS--MISCELLANEOUS.

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| | | |Material |Subsequent| |

No| Locality |Year| Process. | Treated.| Exposure | Results.| Authority.

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1|Chestnut |1839|Earle's |Hemlock |Paving |Failure |S.V. Beuet

| Street, | | | blocks | | |

| Philadelpha| | | | | |

| | | | | | |

2|Watervliet |1840| " |Oak |Gun | " | "

| Arsenal | | | timber | carriage | |

| | | | | | |

3|Delaware & |1840| " |Rope |Fungus |Favorable| "

| Hudson | | | | pit | |

| Canal | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

4|Philadelphia|1840|Lime bath |Pine |Railroad |Unfavor. |M. Coryell

| & Columbia | | |stringers| track | |

| Railroad | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

5|Boston & |1844|Sulphate |Ties | " | " |I. Hinckley

| Providence | | of iron | | | |

| Railroad | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

6|Belvedere |1850|Salt |Hemlock | " | " |M. Coryell

| Railroad | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

7|Baltimore |1850|Lime |Ties | " | " |J.L. Randolph

| & Ohio | | | | | |

| Railroad | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

8|Rochester |1852|Payenizing |Ties | " | " |T. Hilliard

| | | | | | |

9|Germantown, |1855|Charring |Fence |Fence |Favorable|G. McGrew

| Ind. | | | posts | | 1879 |

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10|Pottsville, |1857|Pyrolig'ite|Timber |Railroad |Unfavor. |H.K. Nichols

| Pa. | | of iron | | sills | |

| | | | | | |

11|Erie Railway|1858|Boring | " |Bridges |Favorable|H.D.V. Prait

| | | | | | |

12|Galveston |1867|Casing |Piles |Bridge |Failure |W.H. Smith

| | | | | | |

13|New York |1868|Beerizing |Lumber |Signs |Doubtful |S. Beer

| | | | | | |

14|Wyoming |1868|Natural |Ties |Railroad |Preserved|J.

| Territory | | soil | | track | | Blinkinsderfer

| | | | | | |

15|Chicago, |1870|Foreman- |Timber |Steamboat |Favorable|M.B. Brown

| Ill. | | izing | | | 1879 |

| | | | | | |

16|Illinois |1871| " |Ties |Railroad |Failure |L.P. Morehouse

| Central | | | | track | |

| Railroad | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

17|St. Louis |1871| " |Shingles |Roof | " |F. De Funiak

| | | | | | |

18|Memphis & |1871| " |Ties |Railroad | " |F. De Funiak

| Charleston | | | | track | |

| | | | | | |

19|Washington, |1871|Tripler |Paving |Laboratory| " |W.C. Tilden

| D.C. | | | blocks | | |

| | | | | | |

20| " |1872|Samuel | " | " | " | "

| | | | | | |

21| " |1872|Taylor | " | " | " | "

| | | | | | |

22| " |1872|Waterbury | " | " | " | "

| | | | | | |

23| " |1872|Sulphate | " |Pennsyl- | " |J.A. Partridge

| | | of iron | | vania Ave| |

| | | | | | |

24| " |1872|Samuel | " |F. Street | " | "

| | | | | | |

25| " |1872|Samuel | " |16th St. | " | "

| | | | | | |

26|Norvolk, Va.| - |Red lead |Pine and |Teredo | " |P.C. Asserson

| | | | oak | | |

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27| " | - |White zinc | " | " | " | "

| | | | | | |

28| " | - |Tar and | " | " | " | "

| | | plaster | | | |

| | | | | | |

29| " | - |Kerosene | " | " | " | "

| | | | | | |

30| " | - |Rosin and | " | " | " | "

| | | tallow | | | |

| | | | | | |

31| " | - |Fish oil & | " | " | " | "

| | | tallow | | | |

| | | | | | |

32| " | - |Verdigris | " | " | " | "

| | | | | | |

33| " | - |Bark on | " | " |Good for | "

| | | pile | | | 5 years |

| | | | | | |

34| " | - |Carbolic | " | " |Failure | "

| | | acid | | | |

| | | | | | |

35| " | - |Tar and | " | " | " | "

| | | cement | | | |

| | | | | | |

36| " | - |Davis' | " | " | " | "

| | | compound | | | |

| | | | | | |

37| " | - |Carbolized | " | " | " | "

| | | paper | | | |

| | | | | | |

38| " | - |Paint | " | " | " | "

| | | | | | |

39| " | - |Thilmany | " | " | " | "

| | | | | | |

40| " | - |Vulcanized | " | " | " | "

| | | fiber | | | |

| | | | | | |

41| " | - |Charring | " | " |Good for | "

| | | | | | 9 years |

| | | | | | |

42|New Orleans |1872| " |Piles | " |Failure |J.W. Putnam

| & Mobile | | | | | |

| R.R. | | | | | |

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43| " |1872| " & | " | " |Temporary| "

| | | oiling | | | prot'n |

| | | | | | |

44|Galveston & |1870|Charring | " | " | " | "

| Houston |1874| | | | |

| R.R. | | | | | |

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