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PUBLICATIONS OF THE FOREST PRODUCTS 

 LABORATORY 



1. PUBLICATION LISTS 



(Fields of investigation for which lists of publications have been prepared are printed 

 below. Requests for the lists should specify the subject or subjects in which one is interested, 

 and should be addressed to the Director, Forest Products Laboratory, North Walnut Street, 

 Madison 5, W 'is.) 



Boxing and Crating. Strength and serv- 

 iceability of shipping containers, methods 

 of packing. 



Building Construction Subjects. Partial 

 list of Government publications of interest 

 to architects, builders, engineers, and retail 

 lumbermen. 



Chemistry of Wood and Derived Prod- 

 ucts. Chemical properties and uses of wood 

 and chemical wood products, such as tur- 

 pentine, alcohol, and acetic acid. 



Fungus Defects in Forest Products. 

 Pathology in cooperation with the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural 

 Engineering heart rots of trees; decay, 

 molds, and stains in timber, in buildings, 

 and in wood products; antiseptic properties 

 of wood preservatives. 



Glue and Plywood. Development of 

 waterproof glues, preparation, and applica- 

 tion of various glues, plywood-manufac- 

 turing problems. 



Growth, Structure, and Identification of 

 Wood. Structure and identification of 

 wood; the effect of cellular structure of 

 wood on its strength, shrinkage, perme- 

 ability, and other properties; the influence 

 of environmental factors, such as light, soil, 

 moisture, and fire, on the quality of wood 

 produced ; and secretions of economic value 

 produced by trees and their exploitation. 



Logging, Manufacturing, and Utiliza- 

 tion of Timber, Lumber, and Other Wooden 

 Products. Methods and practices in the 

 lumber-producing and wood-consuming in- 

 dustries; standard lumber grades, sizes, and 

 nomenclature; production and use of small 

 dimension stock; specifications for small 



wooden products ; uses for little-used species 

 and commercial woods, and low-grade and 

 wood-waste surveys. 



Mechanical Properties of Timber. 

 Strength of timber and factors affecting 

 strength; design of wooden articles or parts 

 where strength or resistance to external 

 forces is of importance. 



Pulp and Paper. Suitability of various 

 woods for pulp and paper; fundamental 

 principles underlying the pulping and 

 bleaching processes; methods of technical 

 control of these processes; relationship of 

 the chemical and physical properties of 

 pulps and the relation of these properties 

 to the paper-making qualities of the pulps; 

 waste in the industry, for example, decay 

 in wood and pulp, utilization of bark, white 

 water losses, etc. 



Seasoning of Wood. Experimental and 

 applied kiln drying, physical properties, air 

 drying, steam bending. 



Use of Wood in Aircraft Construction. 

 Strength, selection, and character of air- 

 craft wood and plywood; fabrication and 

 assembly problems; methods of calculating 

 the strength of wooden parts; structure 

 of wood in relation to its properties and 

 identification. 



Wood Finishing Subjects. Effect of 

 coatings in preventing moisture absorption ; 

 painting characteristics of different woods 

 and weathering of wood. 



Wood Preservation. Preservative mate- 

 rials and methods of application; durability 

 and service records of treated and untreated 

 wood in various forms. 



2. A SELECTED LIST OF FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY PUBLICATIONS 



No. Title No. 



TN B-10 The nailing of boxes. R1617 

 TN 164 Common styles of boxes. 



TN 134 The crate corner. R1438 



TN 237 Metal straps on boxes. R1268 

 R 1666-9 Wood flour. 



R13 Seventeen fallacies about wood. TN 251 



R1432 Microstructure of cellulose 



fibers. R982 



R1189 Exploring the labyrinth of TN F-2 



cellulose and lignin. 



R1236 Utilization of waste lignin. TN F^ 



R1171 Research on wood, cellulose, TN 131 



and lignin. 



R91 1 Microstructure of a wood pulp. TN 197 



Title 



The Madison wood-sugar proc- 

 ess. 



Wood and paper-base plastics. 



Resin-treated, laminated, com- 

 pressed wood. 



Prevention and control of de- 

 cay in dwellings. 



Making log cabins endure. 



Strength of commercial liquid 

 glues. 



Water-resistant glues. 



Properties of ordinary wood 

 compared with plywood. 



Veneered and solid furniture. 



