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MR. ALEXANDER L. HOWARD'S "Studies of the Identification of Timbers" was reviewed in Nature of November 7, 1942. It is interesting now to record the appearance of a supplement containing 153 photomicrographs of different kinds of wood ("Supplement to Studies of the Identification of Timbers". By Alexander L. Howard. Pp. 19. London: Mac-millan and Co., Ltd., 1943. 5s. net), and one cannot but admire the author's continued enterprise in producing a supplement to a book of this kind in time of war, and promising yet another in the near future. Attention was directed, when reviewing the original volume, to certain features of the book which limit its practical value. Since the supplement has been prepared along precisely the same lines, it will be found to present similar difficulties when used for the practical identification of timbers.
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Identification of Timbers. Nature 154, 458 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154458c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154458c0