. 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. 232 THE TIMBERS OF THE WORLD " purin 15 the strongest and most durable of the broad-leaved trees of Xew ; Peliogyne panicul-ata, Benth. Weight, 64 lbs. 2 oz. (fresh undiied sample); 66 lbs. 4 oz. (my dried sample, Demerara). British. French, and Dutch Guiana, Brazh. TMs beautiful wood is not sufficiently appreciated m England. It is of a dense, close textture, and after planing is ver\- smooth
. 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. 232 THE TIMBERS OF THE WORLD " purin 15 the strongest and most durable of the broad-leaved trees of Xew ; Peliogyne panicul-ata, Benth. Weight, 64 lbs. 2 oz. (fresh undiied sample); 66 lbs. 4 oz. (my dried sample, Demerara). British. French, and Dutch Guiana, Brazh. TMs beautiful wood is not sufficiently appreciated m England. It is of a dense, close textture, and after planing is ver\- smooth to the touch : it is brown to salmon-red when cut, but after exposure to air and light it rapidlv becomes purple in colour. The Surinam produces a more brilhant colour than that from Demerara. It is xtrx strons. The Beginning of the Forest and durable, and stands exceptionallv well under ditficult strains. On this account it has been used by French motor-carriage builders for the frames of window-sashes and hke purposes. For this it is probably better than any other wood, as it is not injured bv damp or the continual washing, while the fine, smooth grain assists the shding up and down of the windows. It is used for ramrods, marquetr\", and inlav and Uning work, especially in French furniture, in which connection it bears a variety of names, these including " amaranthe " and " ; A sample piece of this wood, labelled by tins latter name, was sent to me for identification, confusion ha^i^g arisen by the fact that in France the name " palisandre " usually indicates rosewood. The pores, which are rather small, are evenly distributed, and lara:elv. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Howard, Alexander Liddon, 1863-1946; Fitzgerald, S. London : Macmillan
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