TABLE OP CONTENTS. 



P^RT I. 



FELLING, COLLECTION, CONVERSION, AND DIS- 

 POSAL OF WOOD. 



CHAPTER I. 



Technical peopeetibs of woods. 



Section I 



11. 

 III. 

 IV. 



V. 



VI. 

 VII. 



„ vm. 



„ IX. 

 „ X. 



Article 1. 

 1. 

 2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 5. 

 6. 

 7. 



Relative form and size of the main parts 

 of the tree, _ - - - 



Weight, _ - - - 



Hardness, - - - ' - 



Flexibility and Elasticity, 

 Aptitude for fission, . _ - 



Strength, _ - - - 



Loss and gain of moisture and consequent 

 contraction and expansion. Seasoning, 

 warping, and tendency to crack and split. 

 Durability, _ _ - - 



Combustibility and Heating Po-wer, - 

 Defects and Unsoundness, 

 Defects — 

 Shakes — Heart-shake, Radial-shake, Cup-shake, - 

 Knottiness and exaggerated waviness of fibres. 

 Twisted fibre, - - - - - 



Rindgalls, - - - - - 



Covered sections of pruned branches, 

 Occluded broken branch, - - - 



Interior bark, - - - - - 



Article 2. Unsoundness, 



CHAPTER II. 



The principal uses of w<ioD. 

 Section I. Timber, Introductory Remarks, 



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