Bernard A. Drew: Ralph Burton, Pittsfield native and innovative forester, invented the 'pachymeter'

Pittsfield native Ralph G. Burton was a forestry dynamo. Among his achievements was the invention of the Biltmore Pachymeter, a device to gauge upper stem tree diameter from the ground.

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