Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 9549 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 67.01 MYRTACEAE Eucalyptus marginata | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Australia | TDWG Region | Australia | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Western Australia | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: This tree is the principal timber of the State. In the early days it was called 'mahogany' owing to the resemblance it had to the Honduras timber. The tree grows to a height of 100 to 120 feet, with a bole of 50 to 60 feet and a diameterof, 72 inches. Weight per cubic ft (green) 68lbs. At 12 per cent moisture 55lbs. Transverse strength 15,000 lbs per square inch. Tensile strength 15,500 lbs per square inch. A hard wood, but easily worked and therefore used for almost every purpose. Its great, strength renders it admirably adapted for beams and its colour and texture are such that it is daily becoming more and more prominent as a cabinet wood. One of its remarkable qualities is its durability when exposed to the worst conditions. It is on Lloy, ds list of ship building woods. Its durability has made it renowned for bridge, wharf and harbour work, while the telegraph service of the State is dependent upon of jarrah poles. | ||||