Death from Above.

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  • Author(s): Lonsdale, Sarah
  • Source:
    History Today. Dec2022, Vol. 72 Issue 12, p16-18. 3p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ROOFS; INSECT pest control; BEETLES; ENTOMOLOGISTS; WESTMINSTER Hall (London, England)
    • Subject Terms:
      LONDON (England); ENGLAND
    • Abstract:
      The article presents the case of the hammer beam roof of Westminster Hill in London, England when a beetle, whose wood boring threatened to bring the entire edifice on the brink of collapse, in the late summer 1917. It describes the damage discovered on the roof during an inspection of the timbers in 1913. It highlights the work done by Harold Maxwell-Lefroy, professor of economic entomology at Imperial College in London, and his team to get rid of the beetles using a high-grade pesticide.