A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 644
, is very great, and also because thetendency of all logs is to check from drying,the checks opening in the direction of linesradiating from the centre. Quarter-sawing (seetliat term ; also Clapboard) is resorted to, there-fore, as shown in Fig. 3, and the planks aretaken out as nearly as possible… … Fig. 3a: A method of S.^wing by which WiderPlanks or Boards are got than in Fig. 3 — BUT slow and awkward ; USED FOR VERYPRECIOUS WOOD. grain, which is caused by what botanists callthe medullary rays, is not often visible in softwoods; it is more seen in hard wood trees, andmost of all in oak, in…
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