Wilson’s Carpentry and joinery / by John Wilson (1891)
Wilson, John · Manchester [England] : Percy Bros. · leaf 70
heart, these though crookedwhen young, fill up or become nearly straight. If a board be cut out of sucha tree it appears as shown at F, a board like this would be sure to twist,because at X and X it is through the centre and would remain flat; at Y it isaway from the pith and would turn up at the… … NOTES ON TIMBER. In treating this branch of the subject, it is the authors intention onlyto give a brief description of a few o! those in general use by the builder;leaving specialities and rare varieties to more extensive books. White Fir or Spruce. Is the product of a tree found in this country,…
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