Descriptive catalogue of the woods commonly employed in this country for the mechanical and ornamental arts (1852)
London : Holtzapffel · leaf 48
ood. The section through the heart displays likewise the origin of most of the branches, which arise first as knots, in or near the central pith, and then work outwards in directions corresponding with the arms of the trees, some of which, as in the cypress and oak, grow out nearly horizontally,… … A of the branches. Fig. 9 represents the section of a piece of yew-tree, which shows remarkably well the direction of the main stem A B, the origin of the branch C, and likewise the
Wood -- Identification · Woodwork -- Great Britain
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