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Charles H. (Charles Henry) Snow
1863–1957
A longtime engineering educator at New York University, this early 20th-century writer helped make technical subjects like wood and building materials easier to understand for general readers and students. His surviving works reflect a practical, hands-on interest in construction, materials, and applied science.
1 Audiobook
The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties First Edition
by Charles H. (Charles Henry) Snow
About the author
Born in 1863, Charles H. Snow — Charles Henry Snow — built his career in engineering and education. Records from New York University describe him as a dean of the university's School of Civil Engineering, and Project Gutenberg and library catalogs identify him as the author of works including The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties and Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials.
His published writing focused on useful knowledge rather than literary flourish. In books on timber and structural materials, he explained the qualities and uses of important wood species and other building materials in a way that connected science with real-world construction and design.
Snow died in 1957. Although he is not widely remembered today, his books remain of interest to readers who enjoy older practical writing on engineering, architecture, forestry, and the material side of everyday building.