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INDEX 



Ashe, W. W., on forests of North Carolina, 



187 



, , introduction of cup systems by, 174 

 Aspen for pulp, 25, 29, 31, 37, 48 



used in mines, 332 

 , yield in pulp, 37 

 Assam rubber, 406 

 Assembling slack barrels, 134 



tight cooperage, 159, 160 

 Attalca excels a, 405 



Atlantic coast, south, distillation in, 227 228 

 Austria, charcoal methods in, 236 

 Avicennia nilida, 82 

 tomentosa, 82 



B 



Balata, rubber, 406 



Balderston, L., on valonia, 87 



Ball, Marcus, data and experiments by, 238 



Baling cork, illustration of, 440 



- press, excelsior, 429 



Balsam fir for pulp, 19, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 



38,47 



, time of cooking for sulphite pulp, 43 

 Baphia nitida, 419 

 Bark, black oak, 78, 79 

 , chestnut oak, cost of producing, 71, 72 



, , price of, 71, 72 



, , yield of, in cords, 73 



, hemlock, analysis of, 77 



, , cost of producing, 69 



, , equivalents, 68 



, , for tanning, 60, 61, 66, 67, 68 



, , harvesting, 66, 67, 68 



, , hauling and loading, illustration of, 67 



, , method of hauling, illustration, 69 



, , peeling, 62 



, , price of, 66 



, , production of, 65, 66, 67, 68 



^-, , volume of, for trees of different 



diameters, 70 

 , mangrove, 82 

 , , use of, 82, 83 

 , number of cords of, for trees of different 



diameters, 70 



Barking bolts or logs for paper pulp, 31, 32 

 Barrel, assembling a slack, 130 

 , legal sizes of, 118 

 Barrels, (other) see cooperage, slack and 



tight 

 Barker, rotary or drum, used in making 



pulp, 32 



Barwood, 419 



Basswood, amount for boxes, 251 

 for pulp, 18, 26, 29 

 , heading sizes, 141 

 , weights, 139 



lumber cut, 8 



value, 10 



posts, 329 



, South American, 417 



staves, sizes, 140 



used for excelsior, 424 

 slack cooperage, 121 



tight cooperage, 146 



veneer cores, 108 



veneers, use of, 107 



Bateman, E., on fuel value of wood, 342, 



343 



Bath process of distillation, 231 

 Batteries of ovens in distillation plant, 209 

 Baur, F., on wood shrinkage, 345 

 Beadle, C., on papermaking, 58 



, on rubber, 413 

 Beating engines, 52, 53 



machines, photograph of, 52 



pulp, process of, 52, 53 

 Beech, amount for boxes, 251 

 , charcoal yield, 238 



cross ties, amount, 267 



, European, illustration of, 243 



for charcoal, 236 



pulp, 26, 27, 29, 48 

 , fuel value, 342 



lumber cut, 8 

 , value, 10 



staves, sizes, 140 



ties, durability, 292 



, time for burning charcoal, 241 



used in mines, 332 



for distillation, 192, 193, 217 



slack cooperage, 121 

 tight cooperage, 146 



, weight, 193 



Beehive kilns, illustration of, 242 

 Bennett, H. G., on tanning materials, 87 

 Benson, H. K., data from, on chestnut ex- 

 tract, 74 and 75 



, , on by-products of the Lumber 



Industry, 234 



Bergil, charcoal investigations by, 238 

 Berry, S., on shake making, 372 

 Berwick, Maine, first sawmill at, 2 

 Bethell process of treating piling, 325 



