Pine
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Encyclopedia Britannica (11th ed.) article on the pine genus (Pinus), covering its botanical characteristics, distribution, and many species of Europe, North America, the Himalayas and Mexico. It discusses timber qualities, turpentine and tar production, and uses of the trees. It includes two figure illustrations of Scotch fir and two plates of photographs and drawings of pines and other conifers. A short passage notes that pine needle fibre (waldwolle) has been spun and woven into blankets and garments in Germany and Sweden.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 7
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