6. Notice of the Ravages of the Limnoria terebrans on Greenheart Timber

Extract

In 1862 I communicated to the Society a notice of the ravages of the Limnoria terebrans on timber employed in engineering structures exposed to the action of the sea. In that communication I stated that African, English, and American oaks, mahogany, teak, beech, ash, elm, and the different varieties of pine, were found sooner or later to become a prey to the Limnoria. The special object of the notice was, however, to show that timber subjected to preservative processes did not long resist the attacks of the Limnoria, and, more especially, that thoroughly creosoted timber is readily perforated by it, and subsequent experience has fully shown that these statements were correct.