Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 946
A forest-tree common t.. Europe aril North America; the line-; U from >Johns, and Pictou. It i- an excellent wood lor the turner, being light-colored^ compaked: it is in general softer and darker than beech, and unlike it in grain.Birchwood i- not very durable ; it i- considerably used in…
Mechanical engineering
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