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This section is from the book "Notes On Building Construction", by P.G.L. Smith. Also available from Amazon: Notes on building construction.
This timber comes from Guiana and Trinidad.
The wood is of a chestnut-brown colour, sometimes beautifully figured.
The timber is very tough, hard, and heavy; the grain is close, generally straight, but sometimes twisted so that the wood is difficult to split An oil in the pores makes the wood very durable. It is free from dry rot, but subject to starshake.
It is admirably adapted for shipbuilding.
Logs 18 to 35 feet long, and 12 to 20 inches square.
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building, construction, asphaltes, bricks, cements, concrete, glass, limes, metals, mortar, paints, plasters, stone, terracotta, tiles, timber, varnishes
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