Abstract
THIS American publication deals with a subject that is receiving more and more attention from forest utilisation officers, wood technologists, architects, and manufacturers, for all find that it is very necessary that reliable information should be available upon the mechanical properties, not only of a few woods, but also of all the important commercial timbers. Moreover, it is necessary that there should be an international understanding about any research that is being carried out.
The Mechanical Properties of Wood: including a Discussion of the Factors affecting the Mechanical Properties, Working Stresses for Structural Timber, and Methods of Timber Testing.
By Prof. George A. Garratt. Pp. ix + 276. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1931.) 17s. 6d. net.
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Engineering. Nature 128, 961–962 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128961d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/128961d0
