Author: R. T. Baker

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9781333621995

Excerpt from Cabinet Timbers of Australia The colour, figure, and other characteristics here portrayed of the various species, by colour photography, will no doubt come as a revelation to all who are not intimately acquainted with the timbers themselves and these coloured illustrations speak louder than words, and at the same time demand that action should no longer be delayed in the culture of such fine specimens of the cabinet-maker's desiderata. Such a technical work as this Shows without doubt that our forest trees are worthy of more attention than has been given them in the past, and that they deserve to be still better known in the future. The late Baron von Mueller, the greatest student of the great Australian genus Eucalyptus, never tired of singing the praises of the trees of that genus, for their technological value, but in no instance is there a record where he predicted their utilisation for cabinet work, and yet here Mr. Baker graphically demonstrates that several Species are indeed well adapted for this special handicraft. 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.