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Handwork in Wood

CHAPTER III
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CHAPTER III.
SEASONING.
The seasoning of wood is important for several reasons.

It reduces weight, it increases strength, it prevents changes in volume after it is worked into shape, and it prevents checking and decay.

Decay can also be prevented by submergence and burying, if by so doing logs are kept from fungal attacks.

The piles of the Swiss Lake dwellings, which are in a state of good preservation, are of prehistoric age.

Wood under water lasts longer than steel or iron under water.


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