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... wood . Here giant trees grew in fantastic numbers . Before the coming of the white man , forests clothed 822,000,000 ... wood , into thousands of uses . About 67 percent of com- mercial rayon has a wood base . Modern plastics and ...
... wood . Here giant trees grew in fantastic numbers . Before the coming of the white man , forests clothed 822,000,000 ... wood , into thousands of uses . About 67 percent of com- mercial rayon has a wood base . Modern plastics and ...
Page 654
... wood for the making of colonial furni- ture . It is still used for furniture , cabinetwork . interior finish , box stock , veneers , clothes hangers and clothespins , gunstocks , and wood- enware . Among hardwoods it ranks next in value ...
... wood for the making of colonial furni- ture . It is still used for furniture , cabinetwork . interior finish , box stock , veneers , clothes hangers and clothespins , gunstocks , and wood- enware . Among hardwoods it ranks next in value ...
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Cambium . Slippery , sticky film between bark and wood forms yearly rings of new wood inward and new bark outward . These rings reveal the tree's age . Inner Bark carries food made in leaves to branches , trunk , and roots . The growth ...
Cambium . Slippery , sticky film between bark and wood forms yearly rings of new wood inward and new bark outward . These rings reveal the tree's age . Inner Bark carries food made in leaves to branches , trunk , and roots . The growth ...
Contents
Iceland to Antarctica A National Geographic Cartographer Goes | vi |
The Incredible Kangaroo Australias Famous Marsupial Sits on Its Tail | xxv |
Utahs River of Arches A Pack Trip Through Littleknown Canyons | xxx |
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