Symposium on Forestry and the Public Welfare: Papers Read Before the American Philosophical Society, Autumn General Meeting November 17, 1944American philosophical society, 1945 - 90 pages |
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... mountains of cedar wood ( identified as the Lebanon Mountains ) , cut great trunks of cedar trees , and floated them down in rafts for beams , stair rails , and doors . of the great temple he built ( 11 ) . Fragments of clay tablets ...
... mountains of cedar wood ( identified as the Lebanon Mountains ) , cut great trunks of cedar trees , and floated them down in rafts for beams , stair rails , and doors . of the great temple he built ( 11 ) . Fragments of clay tablets ...
Page 411
... mountains and 70,000 burden bearers to skid out the timbers . The forests that covered the lofty shoulders of the Lebanon Mountains must have been extensive to keep such a force of 150,000 workers busy . Although the cedar forests of ...
... mountains and 70,000 burden bearers to skid out the timbers . The forests that covered the lofty shoulders of the Lebanon Mountains must have been extensive to keep such a force of 150,000 workers busy . Although the cedar forests of ...
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... mountains on each side . To a spectator on the top of a neighbouring mountain , the vales between the ridges , while in a state of nature , exhibit a romantic appearance . They seem an ocean of woods , swelled and depressed in its ...
... mountains on each side . To a spectator on the top of a neighbouring mountain , the vales between the ridges , while in a state of nature , exhibit a romantic appearance . They seem an ocean of woods , swelled and depressed in its ...
Contents
Forests in Relation to Soil and Water | 399 |
Worldwide Needs of Woods as a Land Conservation Crop | 408 |
Americas Role in Meeting World Timber Needs | 418 |
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