426 On the Resistance of Solids. 
TABLE III.—(continued.) 
¢ .|&@ae 
2S=|S28) os 
Woods. 23 fe 2 2 - I e Authority. 
a OC se | ao 
0 7m sea eee st Ss il na, 
Manocany 
(Swietenia). 
Spanish,...... .t/ 1-233 }12,186 | 0-753 |Layman, Nich, Journ. xxxv. 5A, 
Citron (Citreum) 1°357 |12,782 Muschenb. Intro, ad Phil. Nat. i. 414. 
to. .| 0°868 | 8,176 {dem. 
Cuesnut, Sweet, 
(Fagus castanea.) 
100 years inuse +) 1-291 |12,168|0°877 |Layman, Nich. Journ, xxxv. 54. 
Jasmine(Jasminum)} 1*276 |12,020 
to, .| 1°248 |11,756 Muschenb. Intro. ad Phil, Nat, i. 414. 
Pomegranate ae 
(Puniea) ‘ 1-221 111,501 i. 
to. .| 0°82 | 8,308 ven 
Tamarisk (Ta- : 
mariscus) : bee tare Idem. 
to,.| 0-732 | 6,895 
Map re (Acer). 
Norway ace. ulé t]1:123 110,584 ]0°793 |Layman, Nich. Journ. xxxv. 54, 
Elder (Sambucus) 1086 |10,230 Muschenb. Intro. ad Phil. Nat. i, 415. 
Lemon (Limon) ,{1°004 | 9,457 Idem. a + 414. 
Quince (Cydonia) |0°841 | 8,822 
to, .|0°624 | 5,873 Idem. 
Cypress( Cupressus) 0 732 | 6,895 
to, 0542 | 5,105 Idem. 
Poplar (Pop. alba) |O°705 | 6,641 
to. .|0°488 | 4,596 idem. 
Poplar (P.nigra) 
lateral cohe- . 
sion of the ani- Sm 
nual rings... 
Cedar He .-{0°528 | 4,973 Muschenb. Intro. ad Phil, Nat. i. 414. 
1,782|0-421 |By my trials—the specimeus very dry. 
+ Those to which this mark is added were calculated from experiments on the 
transverse strength. , 
TABLE 
