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Here is a question that has been going through my mind for more than a decade: When an 18th-century French woodworker started building a workbench, what was the moisture content of the wood? Had it been seasoned for many years? Freshly cut? Something between?
Lots of modern people have speculated about the answer, but I have yet to find an historical source that answers the question...
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