. A manual of the timbers of the world : their characteristics and uses : to which is appended an account by S. Fitzgerald of the artificial seasoning of timber. Timber. 250 THE TIMBERS OE THE WORLD of wounds in the bark made by the Sambhar deer. I have noticed that where the satinwood grows, the deer tend to rub their antlers more on this tree than on almost any other, owing no doubt to the fact that the bark is highly ; Mr. Troup concludes by doubting whether these are causes of the figury satinwood of commerce. The timber stands well, but its use is more adapted for veneering
. A manual of the timbers of the world : their characteristics and uses : to which is appended an account by S. Fitzgerald of the artificial seasoning of timber. Timber. 250 THE TIMBERS OE THE WORLD of wounds in the bark made by the Sambhar deer. I have noticed that where the satinwood grows, the deer tend to rub their antlers more on this tree than on almost any other, owing no doubt to the fact that the bark is highly ; Mr. Troup concludes by doubting whether these are causes of the figury satinwood of commerce. The timber stands well, but its use is more adapted for veneering than for soUd work. In India it has been used for many purposes, including wharf piles, agricultural implements, brush-backs, carving and turning, naves and felloes of wheels, and a great variety of different work. The bridge at Peradeniya, near Kandy, m Ceylon, was con-. 5£-'m^""'£ - Pliolograph by G. R. Keen. East Indi-'in Satinwood. structed entirely of this wood. It contained a single arch of over 200 feet span, which has now been taken down. In England its uses have been confined to brush- and mirror-backs, small and large cabuiets, and furniture and panclUng. For brush-backs it is not comparable with the West Indian, as the wood does not stand the continual washing. A very handsome example of fine East Indian satinwood panelling can be seen at L3'ons' Popular Restaurant, Piccadilly. In very many of the fine examples of satinwood furniture, East Indian wood has been used for finings and cross-banding, for which it is specially suitable. In some cases where it has been introduced for entire panels or table-tops in old furniture, the whole surface wiU be found to be one series of parallel cracks. Certain specimens of the wood are, however, quite free from this defect, and of late years it has become customary to use it more than the West Indian. It varies in colour more than the last-named, being of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page i
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