This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...are obtainable in what is termed "plain" or'" quarter sawn." The plain boards are sawn so that the surface shows the tangential section, while the quarter sawn displays the radial (see diagram, p. I70). A boxed heart square is generally taken from the heart. It Will be seen that quarter sawing entails ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...are obtainable in what is termed "plain" or'" quarter sawn." The plain boards are sawn so that the surface shows the tangential section, while the quarter sawn displays the radial (see diagram, p. I70). A boxed heart square is generally taken from the heart. It Will be seen that quarter sawing entails greater cost and more waste, which consequently makes it more expensive. Immense quantities of these descriptions have been used in every kind of cabinet, building, and decorative Work. The product of the log is handled as it comes from the saw and is selected into grades according to an inspection regulation decided by the National Hardwood Lumber Association. This authority regulates the different qualities by rule, the product being divided into what are called " firsts and seconds," " No. I common," " No. 2 common," and " culls." A very large quantity of fioorings is imported ready prepared. All flooring strips in America are of a much narrower width than that which has been commonly adopted in the United Kingdom; the usual widths of imported American fioorings are nominal 3 and 3% inches. The wood is always plain sawn, quarter sawn floorings being unknown. It is tongued and grooved, and generally bored for secret nailing: the ends also are tongued and grooved, so that they can be joined without cross-cutting to fit the joists. The lengths are much shorter than those commonly used in English prepared floorings, ranging as the wood falls from the saw, from I8 inches to I6 feet, the average being about 8 feet. A very excellent plan of hollowing the under side is adopted in order to provide for a free current of air, and the consequent ventilation of the floor to...
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Add this copy of A Manual of the Timbers of the World: Their to cart. $22.80, poor condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1948 by Macmillan.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1550grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of A Manual of the Timbers of the World: Their to cart. $30.33, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1920 by Macmillan.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1150grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of A Manual of the Timbers of the World: Their to cart. $57.00, fair condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1934 by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London.
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Fair. No Jacket. 672 pages (complete). From the private library of arborist, H B Nicholson (whose signature may be found on the front pastedown). The spine has a Dewey classification label. The boards have a clear plastic protective cover. The boards are placid. Within, the contents are freckled with foxing. This is a gently aging copy. The pages are patient, clear, comfortable, certain, competent. fk.
Add this copy of A Manual of the Timbers of the World; Their to cart. $76.20, fair condition, Sold by Ladylisabooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chester, , UNITED KINGDOM, published 1920 by Macmillan.
