Transcriber's Note:'M', in the context of lumber measurement, means '1000feet'. From 'Handwork in Wood'*, Chapter III, page 48. Also (ibid):"There are several methods of measuring lumber. The general rule is to multiplythe length in feet by the width and thickness in inches and divide by 12, thus:1" × 6" × 15' ÷ 12 = 7½ feet." * By the same author: [https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20846]. In the interests of clarity, some Illustrations have been moved closer to theirdescriptive text, and links to some page numbers adjusted. Hyphenation and spelling are not uniform throughout this book, e.g., 'sapwood'and 'sap-wood' both occur; 'Columbian Timber-beetle' and 'Columbian timber beetle'occur in the same paragraph. Chapter II has three types of footnotes, with different notations. References tothe author's previous book, being short, are placed at the end of the paragraph;numbered technical or tabular footnotes, or footnotes referencing other publications arecollected at the end of the Chapter, before the Chapter Bibliography; andChapter Bibliography footnotes are placed at the end of the ChapterBibliography. In later Chapters, numbered footnotes are placed either at the end of theChapter (before the Bibliography) or at the end of a relevant section of aChapter. Chapter III (et alia): As this e-book has been prepared from scanned images,it is impossible to accurately depict the sizes of some of the illustrations. Each 'Leaf' illustrationis supplied with a 1 inch scale measure, as the size of the leaves and cone/fruit varied considerably. However,the cross-sections of wood were shown as 'magnified 37½ diameters', and the radial and tangentialsections were shown 'life size', and the illustrations in the original book were of uniform size. The illustrations of the sectionsin this e-book are of uniform size, but the correct size of each would be somewhere between the image on the pageand the enlargement. Chapter III lists 67 trees; The (following) Lists from the JesupCollection list 66 trees, including the 'tied place' trees. The treemissing from the Jesup Collection is No. 18: Western Hemlock, or BlackHemlock. Sundry damaged or missing punctuation has been repaired. Page 18: 'sumac' and 'sumach'. Both spellings correct. Also 'sumak', shoomak.From Arabic 'summāq'. (Oxford). Page 19: 'charactistic' corrected to 'characteristic' ... "and give thecharacteristic pleasing "grain" of wood." Page 23: inconsistent spelling—tracheæ, tracheae. The two spellingsoccur in the book; also trachæids, tracheids. All have been retained. Theauthor's bibliography is extensive. Page 124 etc.: The Allegheny Mountain Range (also spelled Alleghany andAllegany, ~Wikipedia). Page 143: 'distinguised' corrected to 'distinguished' ... "Not distinguishedfrom white oak in the market." Page 180: diameter, '1"-6", even 5';' corrected to 'diameter, 1'6"-3'6", even5';' (Wikipedia) Page 182: 'scambucifolia' corrected to 'sambucifolia' ... "Fraxinus nigraMarshall. Fraxinus sambucifolia." Page 186: 'cleavabilty' corrected to 'cleavability' ... "refers to thecleavability of the wood;" Page 268: Fig. 118 text: Basswood, 1st and 2d, 1" x 8" and up by x 00".and: White pine, rough uppers, 1" x 8" and up x 00'.This is as printed; the transcriber has no idea what was meant by '00"'and '00'', or what it should have been. Page 292: 'miscroscopic' corrected to 'microscopic' ..."Of microscopicfeatures, the following only have been referred to:" Page 304: 'Agaricus mellens' corrected to 'Agaricus melleus'. The corrections made are ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |