Wood: a Manual of the Natural History And Industrial Applications of the Timbers of Commerce
Wood: a Manual of the Natural History And Industrial Applications of the Timbers of Commerce
George Simonds Boulger
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Used for piles, sleepers, house-building, mill-wrights' work, etc. (ii) (Podocdrjms fenruginea Bon. : Order Taxinece). Maori " Miro." Oerm. " Mirobaum." Height 60—80 ft. ; diam. 1—3 ft. S.G. 1,214 when green, 762—668 when seasoned. W 52— 40. p 190. Light to dark reddish-brown, sometimes nicely figured, moderately heavy and hard, close, straight, and even in grain, strong, elastic, planing up well, and taking a good polish, durable in contact with sea-water, but not in contact with the soil. Use...d for piles, and suited for house-building, cabinet-work, or turnery. Pine, Black, in Australia. See Cypress Pine. Pine, Brown. See Cedar, Pencil (iii). Pine, Bull (P. ponderoaa Bougl.). Western North America. Known also as " Yellow " or ** Heavy-wooded Pine." Oerm. " WestUche Gelbkiefer." Height 100—160 ft. or up to 300 ft. ; diam. 6 — 6 or 16 ft. Sapwood wide ; heart very variable in weight, strength, and durabiUty, generally hard, brittle, strong, resinous, but not durable in contact with the soil.
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