120 



TIMBER 



BESULTS OF TESTS IN COMPRESSION ACROSS GRAIN, AND SHEARING 

 WITH GRAIN. 



(Pounds per square inch.) 



1 Actual tests on " dry " material not reduced for moisture. 



This series of tests was on 4-inch by 4-inch .sticks. The results are higher than those 

 obtained by Lanza on some of the same timbers, but on larger pieces ; the number of his 

 tests on each series were fewer, 



