Jiří Woitsch:
Forest crafts and the development of chemical wood processing technology in the early-modern period

Abstract

The article deals in detail with so called forest crafts (e. g. potash making, charcoal burning, tar and pitch making, resin extraction) and its position in the early-modern development of the chemical processing of wood.

Language: czech

Keywords: forest products; forest exploitation; wood processing; history of technology; chemical technology; charcoal; potash; tar