Excerpt from Timber: From the Forest to Its Use in Commerce It is therefore natural that a product with which we are all, to a more or less extent, so familiar should form an interesting subject to dilate upon, condensing information which has been gained by long and close connection with the material, in order to afford readers, who have perhaps had their interest centred in other channels, some knowledge Of the many varieties of woods that exist, their Varied qualities, their uses and the part they have played in the progress Of the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.