Newton's lantern slide catalogue (1920s)

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43, Museum Street, London, W.C.l. 233 VR THE GROWTH, STRUCTURE, DEFECTS AND CONVERSION OF TIMBER. A Series of Lantern Slides taken from Actual Specimens of Wood, selected and prepared by Mr. Harold Busbbidge, A E.I.B A., A B.C.S., Chief Lecturer io Building Trade Subjects at the Goldsmiths’ Institute, and at the L.C.C. Paddington Technical Inf^titute. Nos. 2.5 to 29 are taken from specimens in the Natural History Musemn, South Kensington, by kind permission of the Curator. Plain Slides 2s. 3d. each X scale of inches is photographed with each specimen, so that its approximate dimensions can at once be ascertained from the picture on the screen. In addition to the common name of each specimen, the correct botanical name of the species is placed in the photograph, so as to be easily read when thrown upon the screen. The Growth and Structure of Stems. 1 Endogenous Stems, showing nod6S ixi elBVEtion and seo* tion 2 Stem of Exogen (Araucaria) Bhowing nodes 3 Trunk of Exogen (Mulberry) showing burr 4 Cross sect'on of Oak log show- ing annual rings, bark, heart and sapwood, and medullary rays 5 Cro**H section of Pitch Pme showing pith and annual rings 6 Cro s-section of Coous-wood, shoiwing heartwood and sap- wood 7 Various woods (radial sections) showing heart and sapwood 8 Radial sections of Elder and Chestnut, showing pith 9 Cross-section of Yellow Deal, showing node (five knot?) The Defects of Timber. 10 Two specimens showing warp- ing due to twisted grain 11 Yellow Deal, showing cup- shakes 12 Honduras Mahogany, showing upset 13 Yellow Pine, showing loose knot 14 English Apple Tree showing druxy knot 15 Beech, showing druxy knot and doatiness 16 Beech, showing destruction caused by worms 17 Willow (four specimens from same tree) showing foxiness and the progress of decay 18 Cedar, showing rind-gall 19 Eir timber rteetnoed by dry rot (r.wo specimens) 20 Fir limber covered with dry rot fungus 21 Fir timber destroyed by wet rot 22 Ash, showing heart shake 23 Ash, showing decayed heart. and starshake 24 Ash, showing ravages of dor- cus parallel opidedus 25 Pine, hhnwing ravages of sirex juvenous 26 Larch, showing ravages of wood wasps (siricidiae) 27 Wood, showing ravages of white ants (termites) 28 Elm, showing ravages of “ship ’s-worms’ (toredo) 29 Elm, showing starshake and inbark The Causes of Figure in Ornamental Woods. 30 Four specimens showing figure produced by annual rings 31 Three spe imens showing figure produced by med- ullary rays 32 Two specimens showing figure produ ed by knots or eyes 33 Three specimens showing figure produced by wavy grain 84 Three specimens bowing figure produced by wavy grain The Conversion and Shrinkage of Timber (cross sections). 35 English cherry seasoned in the losf with bark on 36 English Cherry seasoned in the log w th bark stripped 37 English Cherry seisoned in square baulk 38 Eng- h Cherry seasoned in half-logs 39 English Cherry seasoned in quarters 40 Engli h Cherry seasoned in I lanks each -ide of centre 41 English Cherry 8-*asoned in plank C'-n aining the centre 42 English Cherry seasoned in planks cut radially Characteristics of Various Useful Woods. 43 Yellow Deal showing typical group! 'g of knots 44 White Deal sh-wmg ty.ical • grouping of knots 45 Larch, showing typical gro .p- ing of knots 46 Differences in Yellow Deal cau>ied by climate, soil, etc. 47 Three samples of various American Pines 48 Oak, Horse ‘ Chestnut and Swe-^t Chestnut, shoving differences in grain 49 Cuba, S anisli and Honduras Mahogany, showing differ- ences in grain 50 White and Honduras Mahogany, showing d.ffer- ence in colour 5L American Yellow Pine, show- ing dark hair marks 53 Whi’e Deal showing resin cavit’es ADDITIONAL SLIDES OF 63 Spruce Fir, showing Pith. 54 Pinus Syh'estris, showing Pith. 55 English Oak. showing Pith, Heart Strake. 56 Ash with Decayed Heart. 67 Pear Tree. Healing of Wounds hy occlusion leading to Druxy Knot. 68 Pear Tree. Healing of Wounds by occlusion leading to Rind Gall. 59 Yellow Deal, showing Rind Gall. 60 Spruce Fir, showing Spiral Grain. _ o • i 61 Pinus Sylvestris, showing altcrnatine Spiral Grain. 62 Teredo Navalis, preserved in Alcohol. 63 Mahogany bored by Teredo Navalis. 64 The Goat Moth (Pupa. Larva, and Moth). For Slides on the Lumber Industry, see see Architecture, Section 8 of this Catalogue, “DEFECTS IN TIMBER." 65 Poplar bored by Larvae of Goat Moth. 66 White Ants (Soldier, Worker, and Male). 61 Wood bored by White Ants. Causes of Figure in Wood. 68 Mahogany. Curl from Fork between Branches. 69 Manle. Bird’s-eye caused by Fittings. 70 Maple. Mottling caused by small Patches of Cross Gra n. 71 Walnut. Burr Figure caused by Irregular Grain. 72 Oak. Pollard Figure caused by Knots or Eyes. 73 Ash. Pollard Figure caused by Knots or Eve« Industries, Section 7, and on Wood^Carving,