RESULTS OF COMPRESSIVE TESTS ON NEW WHITE PINE. Oonti It /!,<!. 



::.!).> in diar. X 48.0 4377 25.9 Clear grain, 1J in. out 



of straight ; high at one 

 side. Failed by bending 

 20 ins. from one end on 

 high side. 



.'I. X 3. X 480 4666 25,0 Ten knots ; long sea- 



son crack ran three 

 fourths the way down, 

 1J ins. deep and in. 

 from edge; a bruise ''> 

 ins. from end on same 

 side; on opposite side, 

 crack 3 ins. long, 1 in. 

 deep ; grain and rings 

 both parallel. Failed by 

 bending toward a hij;ii 

 corner and then crip- 

 pling. 



27.6 Heart : unseasoned 



straight grain j four 

 groups of knots 2 in. 3J 

 ins. I ; ins, '<': ins. from 

 end on each face. Crip- 



pled and failed through 

 knot 2 ins. from end on 

 low side. 



4.03 X 4.06 X 78.2 3466 28.7 , Straight gram; several 



knots, railed by bend- 

 ing at knot 30 ins. from 

 one end. IOmN square ; 

 maximum load 70,500 

 Ibs. 



1.03 X 4.03 X 75 4557 28.2 Straight clear grain ; 



one small knot, tailed 

 at knot 3 ft. I ins. from 

 end ; crippled, then spilt 

 open ; ends square. 



3.95 X 3.98 X 75 3260 29.3 Grain straight but for 



frequent knots ; failed at 

 a group of knots about 

 2 ft. from one end by 

 splitting first slightly 

 open and then crippling 

 on one side ; it hcni after- 

 wards. 



RESULTS OP COMI'RESSIVE TESTS ON 



OLD WHITE PINE. 



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 Dimensions in im-he,. jj* J f c l^ Remarks. 



Lengths. fij-" S- E 

 o w .Si = 



3.5 X 4.4 X 11.75 1980 27.35 Large knots on all 



sides about 2 ins. from 

 an end, otherwise in 

 good condition, except 

 shivered at a corner liet- 

 ween two knots. Failed 

 by splintering at shiver- 

 ed corner ; also crippled 

 at knots. 



3.4 X 4.3 X 11.70 2741) 28.10 A large knot appearing 



on two laces 3 ins. from 

 end ; also a slight season 

 crack on one face. Fail- 

 ed by splitting long! 

 tudinally along season 

 crack. 



3.46 X 4.32 X 11.75 4470 26.45 Medium knot through 



corner showing on two 

 faces about 14 ins. from 

 end ; otherwise sound- 

 and clear. Failure by 

 <2 crippling at centre. 





