How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 118
Fig. 37. — A Log with One Slab taken off ready to be turnedon Car. LUMBERING 101 the mill, and then floated, one at a time, througha narrow channel from which they are carriedby machinery to the great hmigry saws. One. end of the log is pushed against a sawwhich rapidly cuts its way to the other… … Fig. 38. — Squaring a Log. The bark and a little of the wood is removed.This, you see, makes the log flat on one side.The log is then turned and cut on another side.This process is repeated imtil the log is a greatsquare piece of timber. It is then sawed into 102 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED smaller…
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