On the Resistance of Solids. 42} 
TABLES OF THE COHESIVE FORCE OF SOLID BODIES. 
TABLE L—METALS. 2 
{h) and (2) mark the highest and lowest result which Muschenbroék ob- 
tained from each kind of iron. 
22s 
Pee) Wi aie iis 
ven}eo8 [2212 
Se SCeloae* (5 515 hori 
coe ee 
Metals. SSs| 228 (2 S19 Authority. 
250] 22> |nOLs 
nS Bae aa 
oO Se 
os 
aaa ates sEF Se) | Sa ht 1 at 
STEEL. + 
Razor temper......|15:927 |150,000}7-78 | § |Muschenbroék, Encyclo. Brit. 
art. Strength. 
Sickingen, Ann. de Chimie xxv. 9. 
me my Muschenb, Int. ad Phil. Nat.i.426. 
Swedish bar (h) .... 
German bar, mark ‘ 
L (h) 9-119) 85,955 Idem 
Wire’... ot pda reta > 9.108 | 85,797 Buffon, Euvres deGanthey,ii. 153 
Bar .........-..-- 8-964 | 84,442 Emerson. Mechanics, 115. 
Liege bar (hk) ...... 8-784 | $2,859 Muschenb, Int. ad Phil. Nat. 1.426. 
Spanish bar ....... 8-685 | 81,901 {dem. 
Beate feo els 6. ¢ seeee| 8-581] 80,833] = Soufflot Rondelet’s L’Art de Batir, 
g = iv. 500. 
LS Wl Ad BSF eee 8-492 | 80,000 3 |Edin. Encyclo. art. Bridge, 544. 
QOosement bar (/) 8-142) 76,697) = | .|Muschenb. {ntr.ad Phil. Nat, 1.426. 
Cable . es BAW ENR ag © | _|Annals of Phil. vii. 320. 
eee) nt nt.. ¢| 7-982 |-69,585| ~ | © |Muschenb. Intr adPhil Nat. i. 426 
German bar,common| 7:339| 69,132 & ~ \idem. 
Swedish bar, 
puecarbat (1) | 7-296 | 68,728 {dem, 
Bar of best quality’**} 7-006} 66,000 Rumford. Phil. Mag. x. 51, 
Diege bar'(?)'....-- 6-621 | 62,369 Muschenb Intr,ad Phil. Nat..i. 426, 
SR (! i Tee 6-514| 61,36! Idem, 
Wy Sree eran Sera _...| 6-480] 61,041 Perronet, Giuv. deGauthey, ii. 154, 
Bar of good quality | 5-839] 55,000 Rumford, Phil. Mag. x. 51, 
Cmle se 5-787 | 54,513 Annals of Phil. x.311. 
Bar, fine-grained.... 
—— medium fineness 
coarse-grained 
Rondelet, L’Art de Batir, iv, 502, 
WCSUCH ooo ne ene'e 3] LATO) 10; 061, Navier, Quv. de Gauthey, ii. 150. 
German,...... eee | 7°250) 68,295|T-S0 Muschenb.Intr.adPhil Nat. i. 417, 
French, soft ...... {| 6°754) 63,622 Rondelet, L’Art de Batir, iv. 514, 
English... 0.205 Banks, Gregory's Mechan., i. 129, 
Ex. 1. 
L’ Ecole desPonts, &c. Gaut. ti,150, 
Gauthey, Gluvres, ii. 150. tad 
§ |Banks, Greg. Mech. i, 128, Ex. ii, 
BERACH ee eae ses 
English, soft . " : : Ai ; 
+ Kirwan, Elem. Miner. ii. 155, 
* 'Vhis is the mean result of thirty-three experiments. 
4 Calculated from experiments on the transverse strength, by arts, 14 and 15. 
§ Yielded to the file without difliculty. 
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