Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 936
e cut into very thinslices or veneers, and glued upon a stout f;ibric of straight-grainedwood, commonly inferior mahogany, cedar, or deal, by which the op-posite characters, of beauty of appearance and permanence of form, are combined at a moderate ex-pense ; these processes will be explained.… … 930 WOODS, VARIETIES OF. he always borne in mind. Provision must be made that the shrinking and swelling are as little re-strained as possible, otherwise the pieces may split and warp with an irresistible force: and the priacipal reliance for permanence or standing, should be placed on those…
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