THIS BOOK, BY A NUMBER OF AUTHORS, EXAMINES ALL ASPECTS OF TRANSPORT OF TIMBER BY WATER.AMONG THE POINTS CONSIDERED ARE: RIVER AND WATER CHANNELS FOR TIMBER TRANSPORT, HYDRAULIC INSTALLATIONS, TIMBER STORAGE, PREPARING TIMBER RAFTS FOR TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT BY SHIP, ORGANISATION OF LABOUR, SAFETY AND THE ECONOMICS OF THE HYDRAULIC TRANSPORT.THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS, WITH A TOTAL OF
... [Show full abstract] TWENTY ONE CHAPTERS, AS FOLLOWS: PART I (I) FORMS OF WATER TRANSPORT AND THEIR ARRANGEMENT.(II) BUOYANCY OF TIMBER AND METHODS OF INCREASING THIS.(III) ECONOMICS OF WATER TRANSPORT.PART II (IV) DATA ON HYDROLOGY, HYDROMETRY AND HYDRAULICS.(V) MELIORATION OF WATER TRANSPORT AND HYDRAULIC INSTALLATIONS.(VI) FLOATING TIMBER GUIDE INSTALLATIONS.(VII) TIMBER RESTRAINING INSTALLATIONS.(VIII) SUPPORTS FOR TIMBER FLOATING INSTALLATIONS.PART III, (IX) TIMBER YARDS.TROUGH AND ASSEMBLING TIMBER ON LAND.(X) PRELIMINARY TIMBER RAFTS.(XI) TIMBER RAFT ROADSTEADS.(XII) TIMBER RAFT CONSTRUCTION.(XIII) TRANSPORT OF TIMBER IN SHIPS.(XIV) TIMBER HANDLING WORKS.PART IV (XV) CLASSIFICATION OF TIMBER TRANSPORT VESSELS.(XVI) MACHINES AND MECHANISMS FOR TIMBER STORING AND HANDLING WORKS.(XVII) MELIORATION -CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND INSTALLATION.(XVIII) MACHINES AND INSTALLATIONS FOR TIMBER ROADSTEADS.(XIX) ENGINEERING MAINTENANCE OF TIMBER FLOATING MACHINES.(XX) TACKLE AND INSTALLATION OF TACKLE YARDS.(XXI) ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR TIMBER FLOATING UNDERTAKINGS.(A.L.)