Abstract
THE Utilisation Branch of the Forest Research Institute at Dehra Dun, India, continues its issue of practical war research investigations in the Bulletin and Leaflet series of the Institution's publications. Ind. For. Bulletin No. 118 (For. Res. Inst., Dehra Dun, published 1943) discusses “Studies in Fire Resistance” of some Indian timbers. Experiments have been carried out on the rate of burning of fifty-two species of Indian timbers, and the influence of various factors like the structure of the wood, physical properties and so forth on the natural fire-resistance of wood is discussed by the writers of the bulletin, D. Narayanamurti and R. Gopalachari. In the present time when the public have come to regard iron and concrete as the chief materials in building construction, it may cause surprise to read the following recorded opinion of the investigators. It merits consideration and further investigation, when in Great Britain there is so much rebuilding and new building to be undertaken.
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WOOD UTILIZATION. Nature 152, 605 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152605a0
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