Manual training : first lessons in wood-working (1888)
Compton, Alfred G. (Alfred George), 1835-1913 · New York and Chicago, Ivison, Blakeman and company · leaf 30
sedin weaving. By examining specimens of hempand of flax, you will learn something ofthe length and strength of such fibers. Insome kinds of wood these fibers adhere soloosely that they can be separated by heat,moisture, and bruising. The fibers of bass-wood and some others are thus separated, to… … Fig; 6. and still more, of course, when a number ofthem are taken together, their adhesion toeach other is not so great. On the next page 16 Manual T) -aining. is shown a round pine stick, six inches thick,with the bark on, just as it grows in the tree,and we will cut off some pieces to…
Woodwork (Manual training)
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