Wood Craft: A Journal of Woodworking, with which is Incorporated "The Patternmaker"., Volumes 13-14

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Gardner Print Company, 1910
 

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Página 131 - ... the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Página 131 - It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming...
Página 122 - Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie. My music shows ye have your closes. And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives ; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.
Página 23 - ... to require the purchaser, lessee, or licensee to acquire from the seller, lessor, or licensor, or his nominees, any article or class of articles not protected by the patent ; and any such condition shall be null and void, as being in restraint of trade and contrary to public policy.
Página 91 - This can be prevented by proper treatment, and at a cost so small as to put it within the reach of the smallest operator. In the South the cheap and abundant loblolly pine, one of the easiest of all woods to treat, can by proper preparation be made to take the place of the high-grade longleaf pine for many purposes. Black and...
Página 53 - These positions will be given to men with a basis of thorough engineering training, or two or three years' experience in practical work. The laboratory will be prepared to make tests on the strength and other properties of wood, to investigate the processes of treating timber to prevent destruction by decay and other causes, to study the saving of wood refuse by distillation processes, to examine the fiber of various woods for paper and other purposes, and to determine the influence of the microscopic...
Página 89 - But food is not the only thing that a fungus requires for its growth and development. It must also have heat, air, and moisture. If any one of these is lacking the fungus can not develop. The necessary heat is supplied by almost every climate, and it is only in rare cases, as under water or deep under the surface of the ground, that air can be excluded from the timber. Of the four requirements, therefore, two are beyond control. It is only by depriving the fungi of food or moisture that the destruction...
Página 22 - Avoidance of certain conditions attached to the sale, &c. of patented articles. 1. It shall not be lawful in any contract made after the passing of this Act in relation to the sale or lease of, or licence to use or work, any article or process protected by a patent to insert a condition the effect of which will be — a) to prohibit or restrict the purchaser, lessee, or licensee from using any article or class of articles, whether patented or not, or any patented process, supplied or owned by any...
Página 22 - Act, any person may apply to the comptroller for the revocation of the patent on the ground that the patented article or process is manufactured or carried on exclusively or mainly outside the United Kingdom.
Página 89 - ... of most forms of wood-destroying fungi from penetrating into the unprotected wood in the interior. The ancients were in the habit of painting their statues with oily and bituminous preparations to preserve them from decay. The great wooden statue of Diana at Ephesus, which was supposed to have descended miraculously from heaven, was protected from earthly decay by oil of nard.

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