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Transcriber's Note:
WOOD AND FOREST
NEW YORK CITY
FOREWORD
CONTENTS.
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chapter I.
THE STRUCTURE OF WOOD.
THE GRAIN OF WOOD.
Chapter II.
PROPERTIES OF WOOD.
THE HYGROSCOPICITY1 OF WOOD.
THE SHRINKAGE OF WOOD.
THE WEIGHT OF WOOD.
THE STRENGTH OF WOOD.
CLEAVABILITY OF WOOD.
ELASTICITY OF WOOD.
HARDNESS OF WOOD.
TOUGHNESS OF WOOD.
Chapter III.
THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF AMERICAN WOODS.
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Chapter IV.
THE DISTRIBUTION AND COMPOSITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FORESTS.
Chapter V.
THE FOREST ORGANISM.
SOIL.
MOISTURE.
TEMPERATURE.
LIGHT.
Chapter VI.
NATURAL ENEMIES OF THE FOREST.
METEOROLOGICAL FORCES.
VEGETABLE ENEMIES.
ANIMAL ENEMIES.
Chapter VII.
THE EXHAUSTION OF THE FOREST.
FIRE.
DESTRUCTIVE LUMBERING.
Chapter VIII.
THE USE OF THE FOREST.
UTILIZATION.
PRESERVATION.
IMPROVEMENT.
Appendix.
HOW TO DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOOD.*
HOW TO USE THE KEY.
KEY TO THE MORE IMPORTANT WOODS OF NORTH AMERICA.
I.—Non-Porous Woods.
II.—Ring-Porous Woods.
III.—Diffuse-Porous Woods.
INDEX.
Books on the Manual Arts
Published by
Manual Arts Press :: Peoria, Illinois
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