A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy: Timber trees: fruits |
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... branch , and of such diameter that , even at the smaller extremity , they will square to eighteen inches or two feet . These are as well adapted for beams and planking as the others are for crooked timbers ; THE OAK .
... branch , and of such diameter that , even at the smaller extremity , they will square to eighteen inches or two feet . These are as well adapted for beams and planking as the others are for crooked timbers ; THE OAK .
Page 8
... diameter ; some of the old hollow trees , most of which are of this description , having a diameter of as much as sixteen feet in the cavity , and still a shell of timber on the outside , sufficiently vigorous for producing leaves and ...
... diameter ; some of the old hollow trees , most of which are of this description , having a diameter of as much as sixteen feet in the cavity , and still a shell of timber on the outside , sufficiently vigorous for producing leaves and ...
Page 9
... diameter , with- out the bark ; there were twenty - eight tons of tim- ber in the body alone ; and the spread of the top , from bough to bough , was one hundred and forty- four feet . In Holt Forest , Hampshire , there was an oak ...
... diameter , with- out the bark ; there were twenty - eight tons of tim- ber in the body alone ; and the spread of the top , from bough to bough , was one hundred and forty- four feet . In Holt Forest , Hampshire , there was an oak ...
Page 10
... diameter at the base , ten in the middle , and six at the smaller end where broken off . Some oaks have been as celebrated for being the records of historical events , as others have been for their magnitude , although a part of the ...
... diameter at the base , ten in the middle , and six at the smaller end where broken off . Some oaks have been as celebrated for being the records of historical events , as others have been for their magnitude , although a part of the ...
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... diameter . Seven - and- twenty years afterwards the trunk of the largest one had increased more than half a foot in circumference ; which probably more than most oaks of a similar age would do during an equal period . The surface soil ...
... diameter . Seven - and- twenty years afterwards the trunk of the largest one had increased more than half a foot in circumference ; which probably more than most oaks of a similar age would do during an equal period . The surface soil ...
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