 | Charles Holtzapffel - 1843 - 496 Seiten
...turnery and cabinet-making ; there are other species in the Himalayas. HORNBEAM, (Carpinus Betulus,) sometimes also called yoke-elm, is a very tough and...sometimes streaked, and generally straight grained. IRON- WOOD—continued. density of sg 1426, and the strength of 1557, (English oak being called 1000,)... | |
 | Charles Holtzapffel - 1846 - 498 Seiten
...for planes, it turns very well, and is occasionally imported from America. HORSE-CHESNUT, (jSscnlua hippocastum,) has no relation to the Spanish or sweet...piece called Iron Bark, from New South Wales, had the density of sg 1-426, and the strength of 1557, (English oak being called 1000,) in appearance it resembled... | |
 | John Weale - 1850 - 590 Seiten
...the Brazils, the East and West Indies, and other countries, in square and round logs, 6 to 9 inches and upwards through. Its colours are very dark browns and reds: sometimes it is streaked, and generally straight-grained: used principally for ramrods, turnery, &c., and is... | |
 | John Weale - 1859 - 622 Seiten
...the Brazils, the East and West Indies, and other countries, in square and round logs, 6 to 9 inches and upwards through. Its colours are very dark browns and reds : sometimes it is streaked, and generally straight-grained ; used principally for ramrods, turnery, etc., and is... | |
 | Edward T. Blakely - 1878 - 506 Seiten
...Brazils, the East and West Indies, and other countries, in square and round logs, six to nine inches through. Its colours are very dark browns and reds, sometimes streaked, and generally straight-grained. The ironwoods are employed by the natives of uncivilised countries for their several... | |
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It is softer than holly, but is preferable to it for large painted and varnished works, on account of its greatly superior size. • HORSE-FLESH WOOD, one of the Mangroves, which see. INDIAN BLACK-WOOD. See EAST INDIAN BLACK-WOOD. IRON-WOOD, is imported... 