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Wood and Forest

William Noyes

236 pages~4 hr 42 min read121 chapters$4.99
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What makes one wood strong, another light, another prized for its grain? William Noyes explains the structure and properties of wood and the forests that produce it, for the craftsman and student alike. Clear and practical. Understand wood from the living tree to the worked and finished grain.

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121 chapters

  1. 1Transcriber's Note:
  2. 2WOOD AND FOREST
  3. 3NEW YORK CITY
  4. 4FOREWORD
  5. 5CONTENTS.
  6. 6GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
  7. 7Chapter I.
  8. 8THE STRUCTURE OF WOOD.
  9. 9THE GRAIN OF WOOD.
  10. 10Chapter II.
  11. 11PROPERTIES OF WOOD.
  12. 12THE HYGROSCOPICITY1 OF WOOD.
  13. 13THE SHRINKAGE OF WOOD.
  14. 14THE WEIGHT OF WOOD.
  15. 15THE STRENGTH OF WOOD.
  16. 16CLEAVABILITY OF WOOD.
  17. 17ELASTICITY OF WOOD.
  18. 18HARDNESS OF WOOD.

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