 | François André Michaux - 1819 - 414 Seiten
...When perfectly seasoned and exposed for some time to the light it is of a rosy hue. It has a strong aromatic odour, which it preserves as long as it is guarded from humidity. The perfect wood resists the succession of dryness and moisture longer than that of any other species... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1825 - 352 Seiten
...perfectly seasoned, and exposed for some time to " the light, it is of a rosy hue. It has a strong aromatic " odour, which it preserves as long as it is guarded from " humidity. The perfect wood resists the succession of " dryness and moisture longer than that of any other spe"... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 680 Seiten
...seasoned, and after it has been some time exposed to the light, it is of a rosy hue. It has a strong aromatic odour, which it preserves as long as it is guarded from humidity ; and it resists the alternations of dryness and moisture longer than the wood of any other species... | |
 | Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge - 1846 - 326 Seiten
...When perfectly seasoned, and exposed for some time to the light, it is of a rosy hue ; it has a strong aromatic odour, which it preserves as long as it is guarded from humidity. The perfect wood resists the succession of dryness and moisture longer than that of any other species,... | |
 | New Brunswick. Government emigration office - 1847 - 136 Seiten
...wrought. When perfectly seasoned, and exposed some time to the light, it is of a rosy hue. It has a strong aromatic odour, which it preserves as long as it is guarded from humidity. The perfect wood resists the succession of dryness and moisture for a great length of time, and this... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1848 - 652 Seiten
...of the dimensions Cedar calculated for a railway sleeper, for which use it was proposed to Sleepers introduce this timber, as it is stated to possess,...alternations of dryness and moisture better than any othei wood ; and on this account is extensively used for shingles for roofing. They sell at Baltimore... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1848 - 536 Seiten
...annular rings hare been counted in a trunk '21 inches diameter, at o feet from the ground. The iiotd is light, soft, fine grained, and easily wrought....preserves as long as it is guarded from humidity. I' resists alternations of dryne&s and moisture better than any other wxwl ; and on this account is... | |
 | Moses Henry Perley - 1854 - 278 Seiten
...clover. The wood of the white cedar is light, soft, fine-grained, and easily wrought. It has a strong aromatic odour, which it preserves as long as it is guarded from humidity. The perfect wood resists the succession of dryness and moisture for a great length of time, and this... | |
 | 1847 - 552 Seiten
...When perfectly seasoned, and exposed some time to the light, it is of a rosy hue ; it has a strong aromatic odour, which it preserves as long as it is guarded from humidity. The perfect wood resists the succession of dryness and moisture for a great length of time, and this... | |
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When perfectly seasoned, and exposed some time to the light, it is of a rosy hue ; it has a strong aromatic odour, which it preserves as long as it is guarded from humidity. The perfect wood resists the succession of dryness and moisture for a great length... 