Identifying Wood: Accurate Results with Simple Tools

ISBN-13:	9780942391046
Publisher:	Taunton Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/01/1990
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	387,303
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.78(d)

With just the naked eye and a hand lens or elementary microscopy, you will be able to identify over 180 domestic and tropical hardwoods and softwoods by following the straightforward techniques in this book. Bruce Hoadley, a professor of wood science and technology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, provides: an overview of the wood identification process a look at the basic anatomy of woody plants hundreds of easy-to-use charts and crystal-clear photographs and microphotographs sources of information and materials, and a glossary of all technical terms used in the book