Problems in the conservation of waterlogged wood /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	National Maritime Museum (Great Britain), British Museum. Research Laboratory
Other Authors:	Oddy, W. A. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : National Maritime Museum, 1975.
Series:	Maritime monographs and reports ; no. 16.
Subjects:	Wood > Preservation > Congresses. Water-saturated sites (Archaeology) > Congresses. Bois > Conservation > Congrès. Wood > Preservation. Conference papers and proceedings.

Table of Contents:

The anatomy of wood and the processes of its decay
Experiments on the conservation of waterlogged wood and leather by freeze-drying
Some notes on the freeze-drying of large timbers
Fungicides and the preservation of waterlogged wood
The Acetone-Rosin method for the conservation of waterlogged wood and some thoughts on the penetration of PEG into oak
Comparison of different methods of treating waterlogged wood as revealed by Stereoscan examination and thoughts on the future of the conservation of waterlogged boats
Comparison of different makes of PEG and results on corrosion testing of metals in PEG solutions
Day 1
General discussion
Early work on the conservation of waterlogged wood in the UK
The preservation of the warship Wasa
Progress towards a centre for the conservation of waterlogged wood
Plaster moulding of waterlogged wood
Progress on the conservation of the Graverey Boat
The treatment of waterlogged oak timbers from Ferriby Boat III using polyethylene glycol
General discussion.