The world's commercial products (microform) - a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses (1907) (20620695956)

Title: The world's commercial products (microform) : a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses
Identifier: cihm_80825 (find matches)
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Freeman, William George, b. 1874; Chandler, S. E. (Stafford Edwin)
Subjects: Plant products; Produits naturels; Produits végétaux; Natural products; Botanique agricole; Botany, Economic
Publisher: Toronto : Morang
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304 The World's Commercial Products for work to bo exposed to the w.Mtlicr. As an m>l,iii(r of it- <liir,il)ilitv under wat.'r, it i- reeorded that the ))iles of old London Mnd^;e \ver<' of elm, anil tliev stood for ahont (iiHt year, without showing' niu< h si(,'u of decay. Naws and spokes of wheels, l)oards f,ir carts, l)arrow. and other Vehieli'S of cheap coiwtruetiiill are frecpientlv nude of ehn. In the \Ve,t Indies an alto-etlier dillerent tree (fiiriiin i;cniscant/iiis) i, calK'd Spani-li l-:hn ; in conniierce it is known as I'rinn' Wood. Mi;i:( II. The Meech riv.ds the oak as the l,irf,'est liritish tree, and the Wnidsor Meeche, .md Mnrnham Mee Comni.m Heecii (l-.v^us sv/.uillni). which oecin- wild in l';iij,'lanil. is found also over a l.irf,'e part of Kiiro;)e, Keiier,il;y forming e\;-ii,ive forests. Other nieiiihers of the Kroiip occur in such widely -I'p.u.ited coiintrio ,i- .North .\nieric,i, .\ir-tr,i- li.i. .md New Ze.il.ind. T.ismani.i, Java, and Tierr.i del Fu,-o. Beech wood is reddi'sh-while
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.\ I.rMHliU CAMI'. liKITISH CdLf.MIU.V HI colour, heavy, moderately hard, .md very fine and close grained. ICxposed to tlie we.ither it is not diiral)lo, although it is so under water, and is used for mills, sluices, piles, etc. It is largely emplovcd for makinj,' chairs, genenil joinery, the bodies of planes, butchers" blocks and trays, wooden shoes or sabols on the Continent, and by wheelwrights and coachbiiililei>. Taking a " thread "" well, it is used for wooden â >crews, and also for shoe lasts and trees. Keei h biii-ns slowly, is a good fuel, and makes excellent charcoal. â Svc.\MOKi;. The ordiiiar_\- sNcamore tice (Acer I'sciuld-Plahniiis). found in Iuiroi)e and North .\merica. yields a close, hne-grained, white wood, which is useful for general carpentry. The I'l.ANi-; (Pl:il,nuis ncciiinittilis). often called Svcamore in the (.'nited States, also affonl- a useful timber. Hotii s\canioie and plane are sometimes called " button wood." M.viM.K. One mai)le, the common field m.iide. occurs wild in tlie United Kingdom. 1ml IS of no \alue as a timber tree. The niajjle wood of commerce comes from Nortli .\meri( a, thi most imi)ortant kinds being â â hard m.iple " from the Sugar .Maple (Aar sacc/uiniin). Red .Maple

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