Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 26
, the walls of which are of differ- 15 8 CARPENTRY ent thickness in different parts of the tree or log, so that in dryingone part shrinks much more than another. Since the wood is rigid,one part cannot shrink or swell without changing the shape of thewhole piece, because the block as a whole must…
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