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The Lead-Cable Borer or Short-Circuit Beetle in California Volume 1101-1125

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...end alternating with glass bottom. Forty-five beetles were placed in the cage on two different occasions. One cork of an alcohol-filled vial was attacked and bored several times and two others slightly bored. 2047--22 5 All of these attacks were at the point of contact of the glass with the cork. One cork of an empty vial showed a slight attack well above the glass. In another experiment two 30 by 100 millimeter vial corks were soaked in alcohol for three days and then placed in a cage with two untreated similar corks and 10 beetles. No attacks were made on any of the corks. In the laboratory a 30 by 100 millimeter vial filled with alcohol fell on its side and remained there for some time. The cork of this vial was riddled with beetle attacks, at least 12 beetles having bored it. Oak-bark tea.--Four feet of cable in the " experimental cage " was painted with old oak-bark tea. One hundred beetles were active around it but none appeared to be attracted. Yeast.--Sections of oak were dipped into various strengths of a yeast dissolved in warm water. Ten beetles were placed with the sections. Apparently these were slightly attracted to the sections dipped in the strongest mixture (2 cakes to one-half quart) and left for the longest time (48 hours). About all that can be said about these fermentation experiments is that they indicate that at certain times under certain conditions some beetles are attracted. As the conditions of the ferments vary so much and the beetles themselves vary in the same ratio, it is almost impossible to draw reliable conclusions. Occurrence Experiments. In order to determine the normal occurrence of the beetles around the regular commercial cables the following experiments were conducted. Los Gatos.--Four sections of freshly cu...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130340310
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 26
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1130340317
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 68 gr

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