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Handbook for architects and builders (1898)

Illinois Society of Architects · Chicago · leaf 556

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n setting up basic working stresses consideration has been given to resultsof tests on small clear specimens and to tests on full-sized timbers of the specieswhen the latter are available. That the value for stress in extreme fiber ofwestern larch ought to be higher than that listed here is… … • This photograph of a section ofWolmanized Lumber shows you howreally clean this protected wood is. ITS CLEAN, ODORLESS, PAINTABLE For the jobs where chemically treated woodnaturally belongs, architects are specifyingWolmanized Lumber, pressure-treatedwith a preservative which does not changethe…

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