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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 

 Altalca excelsa, 405 



Atlantic coast, south, distillation in, 227 228 

 Austria, charcoal methods in, 236 

 Avicennia nilida, 82 



— lomcnlosa, 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 nilida, 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 



