

RESULTS OF -COMPRKSSION TESTS ON OLD DOUGLAS FIR. Contl 



4.39 X 4.70 X H.78 (3500 45.70 



4.14 X 4.65 X 14.811 6730 41.0 



4.25 X 4.66 X 14. 7> 6020 37.4 



4.16 X 4.60 X 14.50 7410 



4.28 X 4.70 X 14.7S 7490 



35.7 



36.2 



4.17 X 4.70 X 14. 7> 6400 



4.35 X 4.74 X 14.80 6310 



4.27 X 4.67 X 1-1. -ii 7310 



34.0 



47.0 



37.2 



4.14 X 4.57 X 14.75 (i960 



4.32 X 4.70 X 14.H1 5970 



4.14 X 4.60 X 14.811 6580 



35.45 



38.05 



35.05 



4.06 X 4.65 X 14.85 6500 43.70 



Full of resin : part of 

 large knot on one end ; 

 season crack on one lace ; 

 shaken on a corner. 

 Crippled in solid wund 

 (in resin part 1 ) 1 in-, from 

 end. 



1'atrli of resin through 

 centre; knot on one cor- 

 ner C ins. from end ; 

 slight season cracks ; 

 slight deficiency on one 

 corner. Crippled through 

 knot. 



One medium knot 1 

 in. from end ; also many 

 smaM knots on same 

 face ; on next face,kn.'t> 

 at 6 ins. and 1 in. 

 from same end. Failed 

 through knots at tin 

 centre. 



Pun of large knot on 

 one end ; one side cover- 

 ed with small kn 

 otherwise sound speci- 

 men. Failed at large 

 knot at end. 



Grain parallel ; one 

 medium knot 5 ins. from 

 end ; also t w o small 

 knots 1 in. from same 

 end and on same side ; 

 heart .-hake. Failed 

 at centre by cripplii>_ 

 through small knot. 



Grain parallel; mass 

 of knots at one end ; also 

 hadly seasoned in resin 

 ous portion. Crippled 

 at knotty end 



Grain parallel; large 

 knot near one end ; bad 

 season cracks in resin- 

 ous portion. Crippled 

 at large knot. 



Grain straight a n d 

 sound, hut one large 

 knot on end ; also one 

 knot on an edge '.} ins. 

 from end ; one knot 5 

 ins. from other end on 

 same edge ; slight season 

 cracks. Failed at the 

 two last knots 



Knots in each end ; 

 otherwise clear : two 

 old sides badly shaken. 

 Crippled and burst at 

 knot at one end. 



Groups of small knots 

 about .'I ins. from each 

 end; also full of resin. 

 Crippled at each end- 

 through knots. 



Groups of small knots 

 about 4 ins. from each 

 end ; also bad season 

 cracks. Crippled 

 through one group of 

 knots. 



Large knot at one end ;. 

 two knots 5 ins. from 

 other end ; full of resin ; 

 dense and heavy; one 

 season crack. Crippled 

 through both knots ."> 

 ins. from end. 



