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Through the ages the unique characteristics and comparative abundance of wood have made it a natural material for homes and other structures, furniture, tools, vehicles, and decorative objects.
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strength limit strength strength, clear wood properties, maximum maximum load, particle panel materials, proportional limit load, side member thickness, ovendry weight, quartersawed lumber, ovendry wood, plainsawed lumber, load strength strength, pau marfim, commercially important woods, railroad crossties, nonpressure processes, slant driving, laminating grades, lumber abbreviations, redcedar poles, semitransparent penetrating stains, general millwork, adhesive consistency, excessive longitudinal shrinkage, western true firs, perpendicular rupture
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Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory, United States, Forest Service, New York, Forest Products Technologist, American Hardboard Association, Lake States, Central America, American Institute of Timber Construction, American Plywood Association, American National Standards Institute, General Engineer, New England, National Grading Rule, National Particleboard Association, West Indies, American Standard, Heritage Memorial Series, Impact Compression Shear, Million In-Ib Psi, Modulus Work, National Forest Products Association, Pennsylvania State University, Santa Maria
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