Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs (1900)
Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946 · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 44
don the outside. Examine the ends of pieces of wood ofvarious kinds. In some pieces these rings will be veryplain. In others they will be quite indistinct. Notice that the wood nearest the bark, known as the sap-zvood, usually looks different from the inner wood, which iscalled the heart (Fig. 9).… … Fig. 9. 29 ;o Wood-Working for Beginners lo), because they spring from the pith (Latin inediilla). Sometimes these hnes are too fine to be noticed. You will see from Fig. lo that the layers of wood are also shown in the lines of what we call the grain on the surface of a piece of wood cut…
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