TIMBER DRYING AND THE BEHAVIOUR OF SEASONED TIMBER IN USE
Written by R.G. Bateson
Published by Crosby Lockwood And Son Ltd
in 1938
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- WOODWORK
- ARCHITECTURE
TIMBER DRYING AND THE BEHAVIOUR OF SEASONED TIMBER IN USE
Written by R.G. Bateson.
Stock no. 1327708
1st.
1938.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The principles of timber drying and methods of seasoning. Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine. 138 pages. B/w plates and line drawings. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly faded. Booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Some foxing. Cream dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repair to verso of spine and slightly grubby.
Front cover
Contents
- Why seasoning is necessary
- What happens when timber dries
- The air-drying of timber
- The kiln-seasoning of timber
- The construction and operation of a simple but efficient drying kiln
- Timber drying and the 'small man'
- The behaviour of seasoned timber in use
- Seasoning problems and their solution
- The future of timber drying