What Wood is That?: A Manual of Wood IdentificationStrong, pliable, and natural, wood is the world's most versatile structural resource. But how to tell one kind from another and choose just the right wood for your project? This remarkable collection of forty actual wood samples shows the color, grain, and texture of the leading varieties. Detailed drawings identify uncut, unfinished trees by their leaves, fruits, and bark. Originally published in 1969, and now in its eighth printing, this straightforward text explains where each kind of tree is grown and how to use its wood to the best advantage'from lamination to veneering, from carving and molding, to finishing. Here, too, is the history of man's use of wood from the Stone Age ax to modern-day conservation issues and rare rain-forest species. What Wood Is That? is an invaluable resource for builders, homeowners, and hobbyists'and a fascinating companion for forest guides and nature lovers. |
Contents
Forty Actual Wood Samples | 5 |
From Forest to Fireside | 22 |
WOOD IDENTIFICATION | 30 |
Copyright | |
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African Afrormosia Agba Andaman annual rings Antiaris Aspen Poplar A2 Avodiré bands bark Beech D2 Birch B2 Black American brown Bubinga cambium catkins Cedar of Lebanon Cherry E3 Circassian colour compound leaf conifers decorative veneer distinct Pores diffuse Douglas fir Douglas Fir D4 Ebony Elm E4 Eucalyptus Europe feet round felled flowers forests furniture Grain distinct Rays Grain faint Rays Group features grows Hard Heavy hardwoods heartwood Honduras Iroko joinery Leaf Shape leaflets leaves Lebanon E2 Lime B4 longitudinal surfaces mahogany naturally durable Oak B5 Padouk Paldao pattern Pearwood D7 Peculiarities piece of wood ponderosa pine Purpleheart radial Rays obscure Hard resin Rings distinct Pores Rosewood Sapele sapwood Sapwood not defined Satinwood sawn seasoned seed-pods seeds shape smell smooth soft softwoods species specimen springwood summerwood Sycamore Maple Teak thin timber tree tropical trunk twigs veneer Western Red Western red cedar yellowish Zebrawood