VI. The extract of another letter from Mr. Anthony Van Leuwenhock, to the Royal Society; concerning the difference of timber growing in different countries, and felled at different seasons of the year
Abstract
As to the difference of timber felled in winter from that felled in the summer, the common opinion is, that the former is the stronger, and more lasting, as being more close and firm; but his own sentiment is, that there is no difference, except in the bark and outermost ring of the wood, which in the summer are softer, and so more easily pierced by the worm.