CONTENTS 



Introduction 



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PART I 



Structural, and Physical Properties of Wood: 

 General 

 Pith 

 Bark 



Primary wood 

 Cambium 

 Secondary wood 

 Vessels 

 Tracheids 

 Wood fibres 

 Wood parenchyma 

 Rays 



Resin ducts 

 Pits 



Tyloses . 



Pith flecks or medullary spots 

 Trabeculae: Sanio's beams 

 "Ripple marks" 

 Growth rings 

 Heartwood and sapwood 

 Grain and texture . 

 Knots .... 

 Density and weight 

 Water content of wood 



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