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Timber

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Elephants Moving Timber, Maulmain, [Burma], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3419
Scope and Contents

Photograph of men riding two elephants as the move timber in Maulmain, [Burma] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Letters from Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie to Richard Wharton

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2259
Scope and Contents

Letters (2) from Sylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie to Richard Wharton, about oak plantations in the New Forest, etc., for naval timber. Office of Woods, etc. Dated 15, 26 October 1813. 2 volumes.

Dates: 15, 26 October 1813
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Volumes entitled "Essays and Experiments Concerning the Strength and the Cultivation of Timber" by George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2266
Scope and Contents

Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de. "Essays and Experiments Concerning the Strength and the Cultivation of Timber". 3 volumes. Edinburgh, 1814. French text on the left side of pages and English text on the right side. Discussion includes repetitive experiments of the strength of timbers such as oak, and what should be done to properly cultivate woods in soil.

Dates: 1814
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections