Dear All,
From my time at Kew Gardens I picked up a couple of bits of information
which might be of interest...
Alder, often found growing near river banks or in damp places (at least in
England!), was used for lock gates and also for clogs since it resists the
effects of getting wet and drying
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Dear all,
I am really sorry for my last puzzeled messages, I forgot that not all may
read Messages like those last mine. So I beg your perdon and I re-send it in
plane text, please forgive me.
Dear diallists,
more or less a month ago, I sent you one email to submit to your
attention a very
-Messaggio originale-
Da: Mario Arnaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A: Frank Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: sundial list sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Data: domenica 13 dicembre 1998 23.30
Oggetto: R: Conservation
Dear Frank,
as I am a restorer, I should say first of all that this kind of works
Tom, Lignum Vitae
So far no one has volunteered any information on Lignum Vitae.
Have you any knowledge of its properties, or any experience
in its use?
I've used it for making musical instruments (recorders and shawms) when
it turns like brass and takes on a natural burnished finish. It
