Product Overview
A vital reference tool for all those concerned with craftsmanship in wood. This book contains information on over 275 commercial woods from world-wide sources. The full-color illustrations show the timber's natural grain and features and each is fully annotated with relevant information including.....
Product Details
......commercial and botanical names, distribution, general description, mechanical properties, seasoning, working properties, durability and a full range of uses for each wood. The woods are indexed for botanical, trade, commercial and local names, and family names, and there is a full bibliography of publications concerning timber study and identification.
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Alphabetical list of world woods
- Examples of exotic grain
- Examples of burrs / burls
- Table of uses
- Sources of further information
- Bibliography
- Index of standard names
- Index of vernacular, trade and other names
- Index of botanical names
- Index of family names
