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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Page 443
... ship . No attempt will be made in this paper to shed any new light on the issue between public and private ownership of timber land . Only by keeping many large tracts of land in this country in public ownership can the public interests ...
... ship . No attempt will be made in this paper to shed any new light on the issue between public and private ownership of timber land . Only by keeping many large tracts of land in this country in public ownership can the public interests ...
Page 445
... ship timber , ship masts , and the whole of the royal navy . With the development of sea power the forest then became a matter of national importance and in some cases of national survival . With the Renaissance the importance of the ...
... ship timber , ship masts , and the whole of the royal navy . With the development of sea power the forest then became a matter of national importance and in some cases of national survival . With the Renaissance the importance of the ...
Page 480
... ships and houses , in places liable to rapid decay . It is little known , that it is as easy in America to procure a beam , for a ship of war , of white oak or pitch pine , in one entire piece , as it is difficult , in Great - Britain ...
... ships and houses , in places liable to rapid decay . It is little known , that it is as easy in America to procure a beam , for a ship of war , of white oak or pitch pine , in one entire piece , as it is difficult , in Great - Britain ...
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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