Seasoning of Wood
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Seasoning of Wood treats the natural and artificial processes used to prepare lumber for manufacture, with detailed explanations of wood's uses, characteristics and properties. The preface stresses the difficulty of removing moisture without injuring timber and the susceptibility of thoroughly seasoned wood to atmospheric conditions. The discussion of woodsmen's terminology notes that poplar is as soft as pine despite being classed among hardwoods, while yew ranks high in hardness despite being a softwood.
The account of tree growth describes conifers and broad-leaved trees adding a new layer of wood each year over the old wood in their stems and limbs. An explanation of vapor pressure says that pressure in a space saturated with water vapor increases rapidly as temperature increases.
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- J.B. Wagner
- Pages
- 258
- Language
- English
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- Engineering
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