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A BOOK dealing with timbers in general is very welcome. The text-books in English on this subject give, as a rule, little information on the uses and commercial aspects of the numerous species which are imported into this country. There is one exception—Laslett's small book on “Timber and Timber Trees,” which is still valuable, though in some respects out of date, the last edition having appeared in 1894. Other works, good as regards the microscopical structure of a considerable number of woods, fail to throw much light on their manifold uses and special properties.
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The Timbers of Commerce1. Nature 106, 80–81 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106080a0
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