Handbook of Hardwoods: With 1997 Supplement (BR 400)

The Handbook of Hardwoods is a principal reference book providing fundamental information and data on timbers available to the UK. Data on strength properties, working properties and plywood manufacture are included. This edition of the Handbook comprises a facsimile reprint of the 1972 edition, providing full descriptions of 117 hardwoods and brief descriptions of a further 103, and the supplement published in 1997, introducing 12 species that were previously lesser known or are now available as plantation-grown material.