OAK. — Wood very variable, usually very heavy and hard, very strong and tough, porous, and of coarse texture; the sapwood whitish, the heart "oak" brown to reddish brown. It shrinks and checks badly, giving trouble in seasoning, but stands well, is... Essentials of Woodworking: A Textbook for Schools - Page 145by Ira Samuel Griffith - 1915 - 190 pagesFull view - About this book
| Filibert Roth - Botany - 1895 - 92 pages
...variable, usually very heavy and hard, very stroug and tough, porous, and of coarse texture; the sapwood whitish, the heart "oak" brown to reddish brown. It...shipbuilding, for heavy construction, in common carpentry, LIST OF BROAD-LEAVED WOODS. 81 in furniture, car, and wagon work, cooperage, turnery, and even in wood... | |
| Forests and forestry - 1895 - 96 pages
...variable, usually very heavy and hard, very strong and tough, porous, and of coarse texture; the sapwood whitish, the heart "oak" brown to reddish brown. It...shipbuilding, for heavy construction, in common carpentry, LIST OF BROAD-LEAVED WOODS. 81 in furniture, car, and wagon work, cooperage, turnery, aud even in wood... | |
| John Butler Johnson - Building materials - 1897 - 846 pages
...variable, usually very heavy aiid hard, very strongand tough, porous, and of coarse texture; the sapwood whitish, the heart " oak " brown to reddish brown....wood-carving; also in the manufacture of all kinds of farm-implements, wooden mill machinery, for piles and wharves, railwayties, etc. The oaks are medium... | |
| John Butler Johnson - Building materials - 1897 - 866 pages
...and tough, porous, and of coarse texture; the sapwood whitish, the heart " oak " brown to reddisli brown. It shrinks and checks badly, giving trouble...wood-carving; also in the manufacture of all kinds of farm-implements, wooden mill machinery, for piles and wharves, railwayties, etc. The oaks are medium... | |
| John Butler Johnson - Building materials - 1898 - 858 pages
...variable, usually very heavy and hard, very strong and tough, porous, and of coarse texture; the sapwood whitish, the heart " oak " brown to reddish brown....furniture, car, and wagon work, cooperage, turnery, arid even in wood-carving; also in the manufacture of all kinds of farm-implements, wooden mill machinery,... | |
| John Butler Johnson - Building materials - 1898 - 880 pages
...and of coarse texture; the sapwood whitish, the heart " oak " brown to reddish brown. It shrinks a7id checks badly, giving trouble in seasoning, but stands...furniture, car, and wagon work, cooperage, turnery, and ev^n in wood-carving; also in the manufacture of all kinds of farm-implement!, wooden mill machinery,... | |
| John Butler Johnson - Building materials - 1898 - 906 pages
...giving trouble in seasoning, but stands well, is durable, and little subject to attacks of insectr Oak is used for many purposes: in ship-building, for...wood-carving; also in the manufacture of all kinds of farm-implements, wooden mill machinery, for piles and wharves, railwayties, etc. The oaks are medium... | |
| John Butler Johnson - Building materials - 1898 - 886 pages
...variable, usually very heavy and hard, very strong and tough, porous, and of coarse texture; the sapwood whitish, the heart " oak " brown to reddish brown....well, is durable, and little subject to attacks of insectr Oak is used for many purposes: in ship-building, for heavy construction, in common carpentry,... | |
| Bernhard Eduard Fernow - Forest service - 1899 - 476 pages
...variable, usually very heavy and hard, very strong und tough, porous, and of coarse texture; the sapwood whitish, .the heart "oak" brown to reddish brown....little subject to attacks of insects. Oak is used formally purposes — in shipbuilding, for heavy construction, in common carpentry, in furniture, car,... | |
| Filibert Roth - Forests and forestry - 1902 - 312 pages
...checks badly, giving trouble in seasoning, but stands well, and is little subject to attacks of insects. Used for many purposes : in shipbuilding, for heavy...car, and wagon work, cooperage, turnery, and even in wood carving ; also in the manufacture . of all kinds of farm implements, wooden mill machinery, for... | |
| Filibert Roth - Forests and forestry - 1902 - 312 pages
...variable, usually very heavy and hard, very strong and tough, porous, and of coarse texture ; the sapwood whitish, the heart "oak" brown to reddish brown. It...badly, giving trouble in seasoning, but stands well, and is little subject to attacks of insects. Used for many purposes : in shipbuilding, for heavy construction,... | |
| Joseph Charles Park - Woodwork (Manual training) - 1908 - 334 pages
...variable, usually very heavy and hard, very strong and tough, porous, and of coarse texture; the sapwood whitish, the heart "oak" brown to reddish brown. It...car, and wagon work, cooperage, turnery, and even in wood carving; also in the manufacture of all kinds of farm implements, wooden mill machinery, for piles... | |
| Joseph Charles Park - Woodwork (Manual training) - 1911 - 340 pages
...variable, usually very heavy and hard, very strong and tough, porous, and of coarse texture; the sapwood whitish, the heart "oak" brown to reddish brown. It...car, and wagon work, cooperage, turnery, and even in wood carving; also in the manufacture of all kinds of farm implements, wooden mill machinery, for piles... | |
| Ira Samuel Griffith - Woodwork - 1916 - 384 pages
...forests and frequently constitute a large proportion of the arborescent growth. FIG. 15. MAPLE. 21 OAK. giving trouble in seasoning, but stands well, is durable...purposes: in shipbuilding, for heavy construction, iu common carpentry, in furniture, car and wagon work, cooperage, turnery, and even in wood-carving;... | |
| Joseph Bernard Wagner - Kilns - 1917 - 332 pages
...hard, very strong and tough, porous, and of coarse texture. The sapwood whitish, the heartwood "oak" to reddish brown. It shrinks and checks badly, giving...but stands well, is durable, and little subject to the attacks of boring insects. Oak is used for many purposes, and is the chief wood used for tight... | |
| Ernest F. Hartman - Wood - 1922 - 96 pages
...variable, usually very heavy and hard, very strong and tough, porous, and of coarse texture ; the sapwood whitish, the heart oak brown to reddish brown. It...but stands well, is durable, and little subject to attack by insects. Oak is used for many purposes ; in ship building, for heavy construction, car and... | |
| Carnegie Institute of Technology - Coal - 1926 - 870 pages
...variable, usually very heavy and hard, very strong and tough, porous, and of coarse texture; the sapwood whitish, the heart oak brown to reddish brown. It...but stands well, is durable, and little subject to attack by insects. Oak is used for many purposes; in ship building, for heavy construction, car and... | |
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