 | John Forbes Royle - 1843 - 136 Seiten
...Circars, as well as of Java, Ceylon, and the Moulmein and Tenasserim coasts. It grows quickly, straight, and lofty ; the wood is light and porous, and easily...esteemed most valuable timber in India for ship-building, house-carpentry, &c. : it has many localities. The Malabar teak grown on the western side of the Ghaut... | |
 | Charles Holtzapffel - 1843 - 496 Seiten
...Circars, as well as of Java, Ceylon, and the Moulmein and Tenasserim coasts. It grows quickly, straight, and lofty ; the wood is light and porous, and easily...seasoned, and being oily, does not injure iron, and shrinUs but little in width. Its colour is light brown, and it is esteemed most valuable timber in... | |
 | Dictionary - 1844 - 412 Seiten
...Circars, as well as of Java, Ceylon, and the Moulmein and Tenaseerim coasts. It grows quickly, straight and lofty ; the wood is light and porous, and easily...injure iron, and shrinks but little in width. Its color is light brown, and it is much esteemed as most valuable timber in India for ship -building,... | |
 | John Weale - 1850 - 600 Seiten
...native of the mountainous parts of the Malabar coast, of Java, Ceylon, &c. It grows quickly, straight, and lofty. The wood is light and porous, and easily...width. Its colour is light brown, and it is esteemed a most valuable timber in India for ship-building and house-carpentry. It has many localities. In twenty-five... | |
 | John Weale - 1850 - 590 Seiten
...native of the mountainous parts of the Malabar coast, of Java, Ceylon, &c. It grows quickly, straight, and lofty. The wood is light and porous, and easily...worked; but it is nevertheless strong and durable. If is soon seasoned, and, being oily, does not injure iron, and shrinks but little in width. Its colour... | |
 | 1856 - 948 Seiten
...flowers. It seems to require eighty years to attain perfection. The wood is very hard, but easily worked ; it is soon seasoned, and being oily, does not injure iron, and shrinks little. It is probably the most durable timber known, hence its value in ship-building. The Malabar... | |
 | 1856 - 420 Seiten
...flowers. It seems to require eighty years to attain perfection. The wood is very hard, but easily worked ; it is soon seasoned, and being oily, does not injure iron, and shrinks little. It is probably the most durable timber known, hence its value in ship-building. The Malabar... | |
 | John Weale - 1859 - 622 Seiten
...Malabar coast, of Java, Ceylon, &c. It grows quickly, straight, and lofty. The wood is light and poroui, and easily •worked; but it is nevertheless strong and durable. It is toon seasoned, and, being oily, does not injure iron, and shrinks but little In width. Its colour is... | |
 | Edward T. Blakely - 1878 - 506 Seiten
...Circars, as well as of Java, Ceylon, and the Moulmein and Tenasserim coasts. It grows quickly, straight, and lofty ; the wood is light and porous and easily...little in width. Its colour is light brown ; and it is much esteemed in India as most valuable timber for shipbuilding, house-carpentry, &c., as it is disliked... | |
 | N. E. Spretson - 1878 - 622 Seiten
...cogs of machinery, and for patterns. Teak is a light porous wood, easily worked, but which is also strong and durable. It is soon seasoned, and being oily does not injure iron. The timber contains a quantity of silicious matter, which is very destructive to edged tools. The best... | |
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Tenasserim coasts. It grows quickly, straight, and lofty ; the wood is light and porous, and easily worked, but it is nevertheless strong and durable ; it is soon seasoned, and being oily, does not injure iron, and shrinks but little in width. Its colour... 