Absorption of water by wood
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Elsevier Science
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Maumen~ finds that the absorption power varies in different woods, when dried in a vacuum~ between 9"37 per cent. and 174.86 per cent. The maximum, 174"86 per cent., or ¼ of its own weight, is found in chestnut timber. Themoisture contained in wood, in its ordinary state, varies between 4"6.1 per ce