 | John Forbes Royle - 1843 - 136 Seiten
...Red-coloured woods are sometimes thus named, but it is generally applied to the Botany-Bay oak — which see. BIRCH-WOOD, a forest tree common to Europe and...empire. The Russian maple of commerce is thought to be the wood of the birch. Betula lenta. mahogany birch and mountain mahogany, of America, haa close-grained,... | |
 | Charles Holtzapffel - 1846 - 498 Seiten
...the tan of one of the birch-trees to impart the scent to Russia leather, which is thereby rendered remarkably durable. The inner bark is used for making...the Russian empire. The Russian maple of commerce is though t to be the wood of the birch. Betula lenta, mahogany birch and mountain mahogany, of America,... | |
 | Charles Holtzapffel - 1852 - 136 Seiten
...the tan of one of the birch-trees to impart the scent to Russia leather, which is thereby rendered remarkably durable. The inner bark is used for making...empire. The Russian maple of commerce is thought to be the wood of the birch. Betula lenta, mahogany birch and mountain mahogany, of America, has close-grained,... | |
 | Alexander Liddon Howard, S. Fitzgerald - 1920 - 472 Seiten
...the tan of one of the birch trees to impart the scent to Russia leather, which is thereby rendered remarkably durable. The inner bark is used for making the Russia mats." During the European war, as the shipments of foreign supplies largely ceased, a considerable quantity... | |
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... birch-tree is remarkable for being harder and more durable than the wood itself, amongst the Northern nations it is used for tiles for roofs, for shoes, hats, &c., and in Canada for boats. The Russians employ the tan of one of the birch-trees to impart... 