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SABICU WOOD

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 964 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SABICU

WOOD  is the produce of a large leguminous tree, Lysiloma Sabicu, a native of Cuba . The wood has a rich
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mahogany colour; it is exceedingly heavy, hard and durable, and therefore most valuable for
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shipbuilding . Sabicu, on account of its durability, was selected for the stairs of the
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Great
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Exhibition (
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London) of 1851, and, notwithstanding the enormous
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traffic which passed over them, the wood at the end was found to be little affected by
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wear .

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