 | James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 684 pages
...all trees which grow in Europe, is the weakest, and that of the southeast side is the strongest; this difference is most remarkable in hedgerow trees, and such as grow singly. The heart of a tree in never in its centre, but always nearer to the north side, and the annual coats... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...all trees, which grow in our European climates, is the ' weakest, and that of the south-east side is the strongest ; and the difference is most remarkable in hedge-row trees, and such as grow singly. The heart of a tree is never in its centre, but always nearer to the north side, and the annual coats... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...all trees. which grow in our European climates, is the weakest, and that of the south-east side is the strongest; and the difference is most remarkable in hedge-row trees, and such , grow singly. The heart of a tree is never in its centre, but always nearer to the north side, and... | |
 | John Robison, James Watt - Astronomy - 1822 - 768 pages
...of all trees which grow in our European climates is the weakest, and that of the south-east side is the strongest; and the difference is most remarkable in hedge-row trees, and such as grow singly. The heart of a tree is never in its centre, but always nearer to the north side, and the annual coats... | |
 | John Robison, James Watt - Astronomy - 1822 - 758 pages
...of all trees which grow in our European climates is the weakest, and that of the south-east side is the strongest; and the difference is most remarkable in hedge-row trees, and such as yrow singly. The heart of a tree is never in its centre, but always nearer to the north side, and the... | |
 | John Nicholson - Machinery - 1825 - 838 pages
...are the same iu diameter, and number of ru all trees of the same species j consequently, when the» are thicker, they contain a greater proportion of...strongest beam possible out of a round tree whose lection is a given circle. Let abcd be the section of the tree ; draw the diameter cb, divide it into... | |
 | John Nicholson (civil engineer.) - Great Britain - 1825 - 1008 pages
...these t'ruin atl In SJI3 ."I «*. \ U 0 0 0-0 JH tt 41 441 -T~j 0-41 41 0 U 0^0-0-41-11-41^ 31 i \ U are thicker, they contain a greater proportion of...cut the strongest beam possible out of a round tree wlio»e section is a given circle. Let abcd be the section of the tree ; draw the diameter c 6, divide... | |
 | John Nicholson - Machinery - 1825 - 822 pages
...than the rest : and the wood gradually increases in strength as we recede from the centre to the blea. are thicker, they contain a greater proportion of...remarkable in hedgerow trees, and such as grow singly. AH description of wood is more tenacious while green ; and loses very considerably by drying, after... | |
 | Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1835 - 816 pages
...trees that grow in Europe is the weakest, while that on the south-eastern side is the strongest ; this difference is most remarkable in hedge-row trees, and such as grow singly. The heart of a tree never lies in its centre, but always towards its northern side, and the annual... | |
 | Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1836 - 814 pages
...trees that grow in Europe is the weakest, while that on the south-eastern side is the strongest ; this difference is most remarkable In hedge-row trees, and such as grow singly. The heart of a tree never lies in its centre, but always towards its northern side, and the annual... | |
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The heart of a tree is never in its centre, but always nearer to the north side, and the annual coats of wood are thinner on that side. In conformity with this, it is a general opinion of carpenters that timber is stronger whose annual plates are thicker. 
