CHAP. 82.—CARPENTERS' WOODS.
The wood of the fir is strongest in a vertical [Note] position: it
is remarkably well adapted for the pannels of doors, and all
kinds of in-door joiners' work, whether in the Grecian, the
Campanian, or the Sicilian style. The shavings of this wood
when briskly planed, always curl up in circles like the tendrils
of the vine. This wood, too, unites particularly well with
glue: it is used in this state for making vehicles, and is found
to split sooner in the solid parts than in a place where the
pieces have been glued together.
