| 单词 |
Rueping process |
| 释义 |
Rueping process|ˈrʏpɪŋ|
Also Rüping, (erron.) Ruping.
[Named after Max Rüping (fl. 1902), German timber engineer, its inventor.]
An economical method of preserving wood by applying creosote to it after subjecting it to high air pressure so that the cells are permeated but not filled.
1904S. M. Rowe Handbk. Timber Preservation (rev. ed.) 129 In the new Ruping process the seasoned wood is for some time (from about a half hour to an hour) exposed to a pressure of 5 atmospheres in the boiler..so that all the cells must be filled with air. 1917A. J. Wallis-Tayler Preservation of Wood vii. 200 The Rueping Process has been patented in Great Britain... It was primarily devised with the object of reducing the cost of creosoting by preventing the heavy loss occasioned by dripping when the wood is treated by the ordinary process. 1930H. Fergusson in H. Boulton Century of Wood-Preserving 66 The British Post Office for some little time has had all its poles done by the Rueping process. 1968[see empty-cell s.v. empty a. and n. C.]. |
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