Abstract
THE Forest Products Research Laboratory at Princes Risborough has begun a new issue entitled Forest Products Research Records, of which Nos. 1 and 2 have been issued (H.M. Stationery Office, 1935). No. 1 deals with the testing of timbers at the Forest Products Research Laboratory, and describes in clear language the raison d'être for the Laboratory and the objects at which it aims. It is pointed out that the object underlying the work of investigating the properties of timbers, the practical application of the results of the tests and their importance to the timber-using professions and industries as well as to timber merchants, are not fully understood. Nor are the facilities offered by the Laboratory for supplying information fully realised. It is the object of the Records to supply this want. The first number describes the work of the different sections of the Laboratory under the headings : structure, timber physics, seasoning, timber mechanics, woodworking and preservation, with sections dealing with entomology, mycology, wood chemistry and utilisation.
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Forestry Research. Nature 136, 905 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136905a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136905a0