Identifying Wood - Bruce Hoadley
Accurate results with simple tools
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
- Hardcover: 240 pages (393 photos and drawings) 8 1/2 x 11 in
- Publisher: Taunton Press
- ISBN: 0942391047
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