 ... left dry by its fall. This species of alternation is the most trying of all circumstances for the endurance of timber; and accordingly the oaken posts decayed, and were twice renewed in the course of a very few years, while those that were made of...  Forest trees, for shelter, ornament and profit - Page 192by Arthur Bryant - 1871 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gilpin - Forests and forestry - 1834 - 436 pages
...were driven down facing the river wall, where they were alternately covered with water by the effect of the tide, and left dry by its fall. This species...the oaken posts decayed, and were twice renewed, in the course of a very few years, whilst those which were made of larch remained altogether unchanged.... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 680 pages
...the river Thames, at the suggestion of the Duke of Athol. "Posts," Sir Thomas Dick Lauder observes, "of equal thickness and strength, some of larch and...the oaken posts decayed, and were twice renewed, in the course of a very few years ; whilst those which were made of larch remained altogether unchanged.... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 680 pages
...observes, "of equal thickness and strength, some of larch and others of oak, were driven down lacing the river wall, where they were alternately covered...the oaken posts decayed, and were twice renewed, in the course of a very few years ; whilst those which were made of larch remained altogether unchanged.... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - 1844 - 554 pages
...the river wall, where they were alternately covered with water by the effect of the tide, and then left dry by its fall. This species of alternation...the oaken posts decayed, and were twice renewed in the course of a very few years, while those that were made of the Larch, remained altogether unchanged.... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - Architecture, Domestic - 1844 - 548 pages
...the river wall, where they were alternately covered with water by the effect of the tide, and then left dry by its fall. This species of alternation...the oaken posts decayed, and were twice renewed in the course of a very few years, while those that were made of the Larch, remained altogether unchanged.... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - Architecture, Domestic - 1852 - 564 pages
...the river wall, where they were alternately covered with water by the effect of the tide, and then left dry by its fall. This species of alternation...the oaken posts decayed, and were twice renewed in the course of a very few years, while those that were made of the Larch remained altogether unchanged.... | |
 | Woodland gleanings - 1853 - 306 pages
...were driven down facing the river-wall, where they were alternately covered with water by the effect of the tide, and left dry by its fall. This species...the oaken posts decayed, and were twice renewed in the course of a very few years, whilst those which were made of Larch remained altogether unchanged."... | |
 | Ohio State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1876 - 856 pages
...and the other of oak, were driven down facing the river wall, where they were alternately covered by water by the flow of the tide and left dry by its...endurance of timber, and accordingly the oaken posts were decayed, and were twice replaced in the course of a very few years, while those that were made... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - Landscape gardening - 1859 - 668 pages
...the river wall, where they were alternately covered with water by the effect of the tide, and then left dry by its fall. This species of alternation...timber ; and accordingly the oaken posts decayed, ana were twice renewed in the course of a very few years, t Newton.s Vltruvtua, p. 40. 16 while those... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - Landscape gardening - 1859 - 646 pages
...the river wall, where they were alternately covered with water by the effect of the tide, and then left dry by its fall. This species of alternation...timber ; and accordingly the oaken posts decayed, ana were twice renewed in the course of a very few years, * Newton's Vitruvius, p. 40. 16 while those... | |
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