The engineer's sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices, appliances, contrivances and details employed in the design and construction of machinery for every purpose

by Thomas Walter Barber

Miscellaneous Properties.

Elasticity.—Ash, hazel, hickory, lance-wood, sweet chestnut (small), snake-wood, yew.

Inelasticity and toughness.—Beech, elm, lignum vitæ, oak, walnut.

Even grain, proper for carving.—Lime-tree, pear-tree, pine.

Durability in dry works.—Cedar, oak, poplar, sweet chestnut, yellow deal.

Colouring matter (red dyes).—Brazil, braziletto, cam-wood, log-wood Nicaragua, red sanders, sapan-wood.

Colouring matter (green dye).—Green ebony.

Colouring matter (yellow dyes).—Fustic, zantes.

Scent.—Camphor wood, cedar, rose-wood, sandal-wood, satin-wood, sassafras.

Indiarubber, manufactured into sheets, with or without canvas insertion of single, double, or treble thickness, up to 36″ wide and to ¹⁄₂″ thick; cord to 1″ diameter; tubes, plain, or with canvas insertion or wire coiled inside or outside, from ¹⁄₄″ to 4″ bore, usually in 30′ and 60′ lengths. Washers, rings, rollers, strips, belts, and moulded articles of every form.