SMALL TIMBER BETTER THAN LARGE
Tm:plMt'>menC<li*!t "■ '2 x 12 inch beam, iMii'.t up ol' 2 x 'l2 pl.inks spiked tnuethe.i is Ptroni-cr than a 12 x 12 inch solid timber will Mi'k.'it novico as exceedingly absurd, sn\s the MisM-sippi Valley Lumberman. Kvcrv millwiiuhl and carpenter knows it iilsn, u ' i tli. i he ha- ever tested it, by actual i-xpeiicntvoi n >t. The inexperienced will f.-iil t«i hoe why a limber will be stronger M'mply hec.ilis^ the adjacent vertical Inn^iind'mnl j»oi lions ot the wood have been sep.ir.ited by a saw ; and if this weie the only thine about it, it would not be stronger, but the old principle that a chain is no stronger th;m its weakest link comos in tnconsiuci.it i<.n. Mosttimberslvive knots in them, or;u clawed at an angle to Ihogruins, so that they \\ill split difgonally -under a C(.tnpaiiilivu!y li^ht load. In a built-up timbi-r no lame knuts can weaken the heaiu.ixiTptM) much of it as is composed i.f ion )»iank,»nd planks whose s>riin run< di.iL-Dnali^ will be strengthened by the c/tlnr pieces spiked to it. — Scientilic Amri ii'iiil.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 361, 20 April 1889, Page 8
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183SMALL TIMBER BETTER THAN LARGE Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 361, 20 April 1889, Page 8
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