Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 9648 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 67.01 MYRTACEAE Eucalyptus resinifera | Entry Book Number | 20.1983 | |
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Australia | TDWG Region | Australia | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Australia | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
| Donor | BM (Nat. Hist.) | Donor No | 2 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Tech. Mus. Sydney, Australiax0Dx0A | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Fresh red coloured timber. Open free working, very little sapwood, so can be cut to advantage. Very durable under water. Used for joists and girders etc. Good for wood paving.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AA scanned image of the wood was included in the appendix of:, Adam Bowett (2012) Woods in British Furniture-Making, 1400-1900: An Illustrated Historical Dictionary. Kew, Eng.: Oblong Creative Ltd. in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2012. xxxiii + 360 pp x0Dx0AIn 2009 Campbell Norman-Smith of Buckinghamshire, New University sanded and cleaned the reverse side of the sample (the side to be scanned), then coated the right hand side of this surface with 2 coats of superfine white shellac and isopropynol alcohol whilst the left hand side was left unvarnished. x0Dx0A | ||||