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THE natural seasoning of timber by allowing it to remain stacked or otherwise for a varying period of time was well understood in Great Britain, and seasoned timber, especially for the better class of work, was in common use. During the progress of the War the stocks of seasoned timber were utilised, and kiln-seasoning, where seasoned material was indispensable, as, for example, for aircraft work, came to be relied on more and more. Experiments were also inaugurated in other parts of the British Empire with the object of endeavouring to place upon the market kiln-seasoned wood of some of the broad-leaved soft-wooded species from the tropical and sub-tropical forests which had previously been unmarketable. Kiln-seasoning thus began to assume an important position, where timber was in question, in commercial centres. So much so that repeated inquiries for advice have been addressed to the Director of the newly established Forest Products Research Laboratory at Princes Risborough. With the view of making public the research work being carried out in this direction, a report entitled “The Principles of Kiln-Seasoning of Timber” (Special Report No. 2) is being prepared, of which Part I., “Types of Commercial Kilns in Use,” by Mr. S. T. C. Stillwell, has been issued.
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Kiln-Seasoning of Timber. Nature 122, 76 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122076a0
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