WOOD HAS been the principal product of trees from the first hunting club or digging tool of
ancient man to the rich variety of industrial and decorative uses of modern civilization. The …

Wood quality is defined as the suitability of wood for a particular end-use. Wood anatomy
and tree growth are discussed in terms of macroscopic and microscopic features of a tree …

A review, based on world literature over the last 80 years, mainly stressing the significance
of the variations in the proportion of early to late wood, since this is the most obvious feature …

Wood is the usual end product of a forestry operation. Because of its importance, numerous
studies have been made relative to wood prop erties, the causes of wood variation, and how …

A comprehensive text book in 4 parts. Part 1. The nature of wood--Describes the anatomy of
softwoods, hardwoods, juvenile wood, reaction wood, branches and roots, and bark. Part 2 …

A revision of the 1938 edition. The book opens with a study of the structure of wood and a
description of hardwood and softwood tissues. Part II deals with general characters, such as …

All wood is composed of cellulose, lignin, hemicelluloses, and minor amounts (usually less
than 10%) of extraneous materials contained in a cellular structure. Variations in the …

A revision of the 5th (1973) edition [see FA 35, 997]. Five chapters have been rewritten and
a further 2 chapters substantially revised to include: recent advances in the study of wood …

After an introductory chapter and a brief section on nomenclature and classification, there
are 11 chapters giving detailed illustrated accounts of wood anatomy, density and its …

This book addresses the biological and environmental factors relevant to the quality of wood
and its use within two of the world's major industries-the structural timber industry and the …