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</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D" Jim, spar is a general term that includes masts, booms, spinnaker poles; i.e., any stick-like items you find on a sailboat or sailing ship..... Dusan Soudek ---- "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Dave or Paul or anyone, my trusty dictionary was no help in > differentiating between a spar and a mast or boom or ? Can you > please help? I am not at all shy about displaying my sheltered > life! Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, and have a great Autumn! > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > > Date: September 27, 2012 8:57:56 AM ADT > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] old oak > > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > > > Hi Paul, > > Your reference to spars must then be a lost tourist who got on > > the wrong train of thought; an oaken train. > > > > Last evening I came across an interesting item about wood in an > > old Smithsonian: Question-- What do you do for termites ? Answer-- > > Give them small wooden sandwiches. > > Yt, DW > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Paul MacDonald > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 10:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] old oak > > > > Hi Dave > > Did someone say oak was used for spars? > > Never saw that. > > Have a nice day > > Paul > > > > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:30:27 PM > > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] old oak > > > > Hi Paul & All, Sept 26, 2012 > > Someone who knows about the days of iron men & wooden ships may > > know better but I think the spars (not masts) were usually made of > > Spruce. Oak was for ribs, brackets & planking but not for > > superstructure. > > And on the subject of slow growing trees some good examples can > > be found on the barrens between the Clyburn River in Cape Breton > > and Two-Island Lake. I camped there a few times, in a previous > > life, and one dead hip-high spruce tree about 100 years old and 10 > > mm diameter would boil a pot of water for oxo or tea; almost solid > > wood. > > Getting back to Oak, it may sound counter-intuitive, but wood > > from a rapidly growing Oak (probably all trees) is stronger than > > wood from a slow growing tree. I suspect this is because wood from > > a tree with wider rings is more supple, i.e. can bend without > > breaking whereas wood with mostly thick-walled cells is more brittle. > > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Paul MacDonald > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 3:37 PM > > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] old oak > > > > You started a very interesting discussion Heather > > Nothing anyone said rules out a 400 year old oak. Documented > > trees 300 plus leave quite a bit of variation possible in the > > dying age. The half life will be much less of course but ones > > at the end of the scale might easily get over the 400. > > Oak in the 1800 - 1875 period of wooden ships were sought > > wherever they could be found. The beautiful fall foliage made it > > hard for them to hide! And the lads were good at handling big logs. > > They didn't get spars at the building supply store. > > They removed most of the large oak at that period especially > > where it was easy to do - PEI for example, no stones, hills not too > > steep > > and lots of horses and a good demand. > > I would be susprised if you could find one there over 200 years old. > > And to see some of the things I see in the deep woods make me > > believe there wasn't much of NS left to chance for a big tree. > > Spruce or oak! > > Have a nice fall > > Paul > > > > > > From: Heather Drope <heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca> > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:15:41 PM > > Subject: [NatureNS] old oak > > > > As we speak, it could be being up rooted. I had not realized how > > big around this tree was before the land was sold or I would have > > documented the size for the Big Tree listing on NatureNS web site. > > Too late now.. I am not going to trespass on to this land. > > Heather.. > > Heather Drope > > Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society > > www.nswildflora.ca > > 902-440-5032 > > > > We do not see nature with our eyes, > > but with our understandings and our hearts. > > W. Hazlett > > > > > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5289 - Release Date: > > 09/24/12 > > > > > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5292 - Release Date: > > 09/25/12 > > >
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