. The Forest products laboratory : a decennial record, 1910-1920. )lished a means of increasing the yields of ethyl (grain) alcoholobtainable from the waste material. Basic underlying data on the chemical c()m])osition of wood andon the effect of varying chemical composition on the physical and me-chanical properties have ])een entirely lacking: methods for makingthe chemical analysis have not even been completely developed. Thelaboratory has made a fair start on this work, and has made progressin the refinement of methods of analysis. The analysis of severalspecies of Avood has been completed
. The Forest products laboratory : a decennial record, 1910-1920. )lished a means of increasing the yields of ethyl (grain) alcoholobtainable from the waste material. Basic underlying data on the chemical c()m])osition of wood andon the effect of varying chemical composition on the physical and me-chanical properties have ])een entirely lacking: methods for makingthe chemical analysis have not even been completely developed. Thelaboratory has made a fair start on this work, and has made progressin the refinement of methods of analysis. The analysis of severalspecies of Avood has been completed. Conclusion This, in brief, outlines the major fields of A\oi-k done by thelaboratory during the first years of its existen-e. The fo-mativc. A Dkcknxiai, KixoKi) 37 l)eri()(l can (letiiiitcly be said to have been passed. The work in woodproducts research had been clearly defined and many plainly blaze<ltrails had been opened through this little traveled field by the timethe world war assumed for the United States a more critical the war was over, these trails were widened to broad highwaysover which traveled many agencies and interests that sought the helpof this institution in solving problems vital to the welfare of nations. War ^yn\lK The declaration of war on April (5, 1017, found the laboratorywith a fund of })asic information on wood and wood products, well-developed apparatus and ecpiipment for research and a small butwell-organized staff numbering among its members men with nation-wide reputations in their individual lines of research. Better still, thepersonnel, largely composed of those who had seen the birth of thelaboratory or helped in its early grow^th, was possessed of a sense ofpartnership
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