Wood composite sample

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OBJECT TYPE: DOUGLAS FIR & WESTERN RED CEDAR
DATE: 1979
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0302.001

MANUFACTURER: FORESTRY LABORATORIES
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 23.0 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Height: 2.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: FORESTRY
Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: BASED ON PROCESS DEVELOPED & PATENTED IN CANADA
Function: USED TO DEMONSTRATE THE RESULT OF AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS WHICH USES WOOD SHAVINGS & FOLIAGE TO PRODUCE BOARDS BY HOT PRESSING.
Technical: THIS WOOD SAMPLE WAS PRODUCED BY AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE THE USE OF SYNTHETIC RESINS BUT INSTEAD USED FOLIAGE UNDER HEAT AND PRESSURE AS THE BONDING AGENT.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LABEL AFFIXED TO TOP SIDE: 'Environment/ Canada/ Environnement/ Canada/ This board is made of Douglas-/ wood shavings and 15% of western/ red cedar foliage without the/ addition of any synthetic resin./ CASE NO 6182'
Missing: N/A
Finish: VARNISHED
Decoration: N/A

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FORESTRY LABORATORIES, Wood composite sample, circa 1979, Artifact no. 1990.0302, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0302.001/

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