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1981 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
A Short History of the Timber Trade
Authors : Jack H. Leigh, F.I.W.Sc., Alan G. Randall
Published in: Timber Trade Practice
Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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The history of the timber trade is as old as the history of commerce. Timber was perhaps the first building material used by man. It is mentioned in Biblical times; the Egyptians were acquainted with the finer techniques of the use of veneers; and the buying and selling of timber in the history of man has been as important as the buying and selling of foodstuffs and clothing.