The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 108National Geographic Society, 1955 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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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 ...
Page 673
Cambium . Slippery , sticky film between bark and wood forms yearly rings of new wood inward and new bark outward . rings reveal the tree's age . Inner Bark carries food made in leaves to branches , trunk , and roots . The growth and ...
Cambium . Slippery , sticky film between bark and wood forms yearly rings of new wood inward and new bark outward . rings reveal the tree's age . Inner Bark carries food made in leaves to branches , trunk , and roots . The growth and ...
Page 674
... wood unusually resinous . Practical for Poles Red pine wood , moderately soft , light , and close - grained . makes better structural ma- terial than eastern white pine ( pages 656 and 657 ) because it is stronger and heavier . Creosote ...
... wood unusually resinous . Practical for Poles Red pine wood , moderately soft , light , and close - grained . makes better structural ma- terial than eastern white pine ( pages 656 and 657 ) because it is stronger and heavier . Creosote ...
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