Author: Society for Testing and Materials

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 9780260090096

Excerpt from Astm Standards on Wood, Wood Preservatives, and Related Materials: Specifications, Methods of Testing, Definitions of Terms; March, 1959 The everyday use of timber for multitudinous purposes makes manifest a continual need of data on its mechanical properties. The great variety of species, the variability of the material, the continually changing conditions of supply, the many factors affecting test results, all combine to make the technique of testing wood unique in its complexity. 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.