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Subject: [IAWA Forum] Tension wood in Oak
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:36:38 -0500
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01C654BF.C1128160 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thomas, Tension wood occurs in stems as well as branches. I do not know the = time period when your ship was built, but the natural bend in trees was = used to reduce manufacturing effort, particularly before the industrial = revolution. The arched stems (where the tension wood occurs) was cut so = that the bow was used where a curved beam was needed. Scotty Drye dryes@mindspring.com ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01C654BF.C1128160 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1252"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV>Thomas,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tension wood occurs in stems as well as branches. I do not = know the=20 time period when your ship was built, but the natural bend in trees was = used to=20 reduce manufacturing effort, particularly before the industrial=20 revolution. The arched stems (where the tension wood occurs) = was cut=20 so that the bow was used where a curved beam was needed.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scotty Drye</DIV> <DIV><A=20 href=3D"mailto:dryes@mindspring.com">dryes@mindspring.com</A></DIV></DIV>= </BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01C654BF.C1128160-- ======== Welcome All Anatomists! ========== About this IAWA Discussion Group, subscribing, unsubscribing, and archives: http://www.cof.orst.edu/org/IAWA About the IAWA and/or the IAWA Journal: http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/bio/sys/iawa The International Association of Wood Anatomists
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