Woodfibres of some Australian timbers : investigated in reference to their prospective value for paper-pulp production / by Richard T. Baker and Henry G. Smith

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Baker, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1854-1941
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Sydney : Govt. Printer, 1924
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AUSTRALIAN WOOD FIBRES 1
[Chapter heading not available] 2
WOODFIBRES OF SOME AUSTRALIAN TIMBERS Investigated in reference to their prospective value for Paper-pulp Production. 7
Dedicated to THE HON. DR. EARLE PAGE, M.H.R., TREASURER AND ACTING PRIME MINISTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 9
CONTENTS. 11
[Chapter heading not available] 13
PREFACE. 15
(1) POSSIBILITIES OF EUCALYPTUS TIMBERS FOR PAPER-PULP PRODUCTION. 17
(2) POSSIBILITIES OF AUSTRALIAN TIMBERS, OTHER THAN EUCALYPTS, FOR PAPER-PULP PRODUCTION. 24
(3) CELLULOSE, AND ITS DETERMINATION. 28
(4) WOODFIBRES. 30
(5) DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES AND THEIR FIBRES WITH MICRO-PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS: 35
EUCALYPTUS DELEGATENSIS. “Southern Mountain Ash.” 37
EUCALYPTUS DALRYMPLEANA. A “Mountain” or “White Gum.” 39
EUCALYPTUS SIEBERIANA. A “Mountain Ash.” 41
EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA, var. PALLIDIVALVIS. “Flooded Gum.” 43
EUCALYPTUS PILULARIS. “Blackbutt.” 45
EUCALYPTUS AUSTRALIANA. “Black Peppermint.” 47
EUCALYPTUS CAMPHORA. “Sallow” or “Swamp Gum.” 49
EUCALYPTUS CAPITELLATA. “Brown Stringybark.” 51
EUCALYPTUS CORIACEA. “Cabbage” or “White Gum.” 53
EUCALYPTUS MICROCORYS. “Tallow-wood.” 55
EUCALYPTUS PANICULATA. “Grey Ironbark.” 57
EUCALYPTUS RESINIFERA. “Forest Red Mahogany.” 59
EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS. “Red Gum.” 61
(b) NON-EUCALYPTS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO PROSPECTIVE VALUE FOR PULP PRODUCTION. 63
GMELINA LEICHHARDTII. “Colonial Beech.” 65
TARRIETIA ACTINOPHYLLA. “Ironwood” or “Black Jack.” 67
ARAUCARIA CUNNINGHAMII. Hoop Pine, Colonial Pine, Moreton Bay Pine, Dorrigo Pine. 69
GREVILLEA ROBUSTA. “Silky Oak.” 71
PENNANTIA CUNNINGHAMII. “Butterwood.” 73
PSYCHOTRIA NEMATOPODA. “Cherry Tree" or “Yellow Hickory." 75
DORYPHORA SASSAFRAS. “Sassafras.” 77
DYSOXYLON FRASERIANUM. “Rosewood.” 79
PHYLLANTHUS FERDINANDI, var. SUPRA-AXILLARIS. “Melon Wood.” 81
VILLARESIA MOOREI. New South Wales “Maple.” 83
CERATOPETALUM APETALUM. “Coachwood” or “Firetree.” 85
TARRIETIA ARGYRODENDRON. “Ironwood” or “Cvowsfoot Elm." 87
EUGENIA sp. “Water Gum.” 89
ACKAMA MUELLERI. “Corkwood.” 91
FLINDERSIA SCHOTTIANA. “Cudgerie." 93
ELÆOCARPUS GRANDIS. “Blue Fig” Or “Blue Berry Ash.” 95
STERCULIA sp. “Kurrajong.” 97
GEIJERA SALICIFOLIA. “Ironwood.” 99
PANAX sp. “Scrub Ash.” 101
PANAX sp. 103
EUROSCHINUS FALCATUS. “Chinaman’s Cedar.” 105
MELIA AZEDARACH. “White Cedar” or “Golden Cedar.” 107
CRYPTOCARYA GLAUCESCENS. “Byown Beech” or “Carabeen." 109
SCHIZOMERIA OVATA. “Poplar” or “White Wood.” 111
RHODAMNIA TRINERVIA. “Scrub Stringybark." 113
EHRETIA ACUMINATA. “Brown Cedar.” 115
LAPORTEA GIGAS. “Giant Nettle Tree.” 117
CRYPTOCARYA PATENTINERVIS. 119
EUGENIA sp. “Black Apple.” 121
ANGOPHORA LANCEOLATA. “Smooth-barked Apple.” 123
APHANANTHE PHILIPPINENSIS. "Native Elm.” 125
BACKHOUSIA SCIADOPHORA. “Hickory” “Scrub Ironbark” or “Myrtle.” 127
BACKHOUSIA sp. “Myrtle.” 129
CRYPTOCARYA TRIPLINERVIS. “Caraheen.” 131
CRYPTOCARYA sp. "Carabeen.” 133
CUPANIA PSEUDORHUS. “Wild Quince.” 135
DAPHNANDRA MICRANTHA. A “Yellow-wocd.” 137
DIOSPYROS PENTAMERA. “Grey Plum." 139
DIPLOGLOTTIS CUNNINGHAMII. “Tamarind." 141
ENDIANDRA SIEBERI. “Corkwood.” 143
EUGENIA sp. "Brown Beech." 145
FICUS sp. "Fig.” 147
FICUS sp. “Sandy Fig.” 149
HARPULLIA PENDULA. “Tulipwood." 151
SLOANEA WOOLLSII. “Yellow Carabeen.” 153
SYNCARPIA LAURIFOLIA. “Turpentine." 155
TRISTANIA CONFERTA. “Brush Box." 157
INDEX. 159

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