The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 52
ose of moderate means. Nor is this all. The solid wood, even when perfectly seasoned, was subjectto time and atmospheric changes. It could not be guaranteed against warp-ing, splitting or shrinking. The elements, the temperature and the naturaldecay of time affected it. The new process of veneering… … shrink at any time or under any conditions. Once installed it remains longer,more beautiful and more pleasing to the sight than the solid wood ever couldbecome. Besides the natural economy in the conservation of the hardwoods of theforests, the new veneering process mentioned ushers in a new day in…
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