Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Timber: An Elementary Discussion of the Characteristics and Properties of Wood
Wood is now, has ever been, and will continue to be, the most widely useful material of construction. It has been at the base of all material civilization. In spite of all the substitutes for it in the shape of metal, stone, and other materials, the consumption of wood in civilized coun tries has never decreased; nay, applications in new directions have increased its use beyond the saving effected by the substitutes. Thus, in England, the per capita consumption has increased in the last fifty years more than double, a fact which is especially notable, as the bulk of the timber used there must be imported, while iron and coal are plentiful in Great Britain.
In the United States we can only estimate from the partial data fur hished by census returns. By these we find the per capita consumption to have increased for every decade since 1860 at the rate of from 20 to 25 per cent.
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