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Title: The Philippine journal of science
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Philippines. National Science Development Board Philippines. Bureau of Science Philippines. Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce Institute of Science (Philippines) Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) National Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) Philippines. National Science and Technology Authority Industrial Technology Development Institute (Philippines) Philippines. Dept. of Science and Technology Science and Technology Information Institute (Philippines)
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Manila : Bureau of Science
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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uction timbers,which constitute the bulk of these used throughout the world.Thus Femow - says: Most of the woods of the tropics are very hard, fit primarily forornamental use and hence less necessary. Possibly a change in the methodsof the use of wood may also change the relative economic values, butat present the vast forests of the tropical countries are of relativelylittle importance in the discussion of wood supply for the world. It seems evident that this statement does not apply to theIndo-Malayan region and certainly not to the Philippines norto the sal forests of India and Burma. The dipterocarps, ingeneral, are soft and medium-hard woods, and without doubtoccur in suflBcient quantities partially to meet the worlds demand.That they are not more generally used for construction purposes Fernow, B. E., A brief history of forestry. University Press, Toronto;Forestry Quarterly, Canibi-idge, Mass. (1911), 4. Brown and Mathews : Dipterocarp Forests.) (Phil. Journ. Sci., IX. A, No. 5.
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