Elasticity.] 



OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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TABLE IV. 



The Principal Trees of the United States arranged in the Order of the Elasticity of 

 their Woods (Coefficient of Elasticity, — Kilogram, Centimetre). 



Species. 



uleri 



Larix occidentalia . 

 Rhizophora Mangle ■ 

 Betula lutea . . . 

 Pinus contorta . . 

 Pinus Cubensis . . 

 Eugenia buxifolia . 

 Pinus palustris . . 

 Carya myristicaeformis 

 Acer saeeliarinum . 

 Betula lenta . . . 

 Quercus falcata . . 

 Carya alba .... 

 Pinus mitis .... 

 Tsuga Mertensiana . 

 Ostrya Virginica. . 

 Dipholis salicifolia . 

 Quercus lyrata . . 

 Betula papyrifera 

 Robinia Pseudacacia 

 Pseudotsuga Douglasii 

 Abies nobilis . . . 

 Salix flaveseens, var.Sco 

 Larix Americana . . 

 Abies amabilis . . . 

 Quercus laurifolia . . 

 Citharexylum villosum 

 Quercus Prinus . . . 

 < isnmntbus Americanus 

 Quercus aquatica . • 

 Quercus beteropbylla . 

 Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana 

 Fagus ferruginea . . 

 Quercus chrysolepis 

 Anielancliier Canadensis 

 Exostenia Caribaeum 

 Quercus imbricaria . . 

 Pinus muricata . . . 

 Eugenia procera . . . 

 Gleditschia monosperma 

 Pinus serotina .... 

 Magnolia macrophylla . 

 Carya tomentosa . . . 

 Robinia Neo-Mexicana . 

 CarpimiB Caroliniana . 

 Condalia ferrea . . . 

 Pinus Coulteri . . . 



165810 

 105567 

 161723 

 158533 

 157747 

 157510 

 148733 

 14G4S4 

 146108 

 141008 

 140151 

 138839 

 137495 

 137483 

 137276 

 133503 

 133438 

 130557 

 129238 

 128297 

 127660 

 126210 

 120120 

 126013 

 125016 

 125717 

 125473 

 123133 

 122657 

 122104 

 121772 

 120996 

 119810 

 1 19677 

 119357 

 110.357 

 119357 

 110111 

 110991 

 110957 

 116854 

 114905 

 114889 

 114881 

 114316 

 114108 



47 

 48 

 49 

 50 

 51 

 62 

 53 

 54 

 55 

 56 

 57 

 58 

 59 

 60 

 61 

 02 

 63 

 64 

 65 

 06 

 07 

 68 

 60 

 70 

 71 

 72 

 73 



74 

 75 

 76 

 77 



80 

 81 



82 

 83 

 84 

 85 

 86 

 87 

 88 

 SO 



90 



Species 



Castanea pumila .... 

 Quercus virens .... 

 Coccoloba Floridana . . 

 Pinus resinosa .... 



Pinus Treda 



Quercus rubra .... 

 Quercus prinoides . . . 

 Chrysophyllum oliviforme 

 Quercus palustris . . . 



Canella alba 



Populus trichocarpa . . 



Betula nigra 



Hypelate panieulata . . 

 Acer dasycarpum . . . 

 Clirysobalanus Icaco . . 



Picea nigra 



Sideroxylon Masticbodendron 

 Ulnius raeemosa ... 

 Juglans nigra .... 

 Gleditschia triacantbos 

 Aniyris sylvatica . . . 

 Acacia Greggii . . . 

 Eugenia monticola . . 

 Quercus coccinea . . 

 Alnus incana .... 

 Salix flaveseens . . . 

 Fraxinus Americana, var. T 



ensis 



Cupressus macrocarpa . . 

 Umbellularia Califnrnica . 

 Swietenia Maliogoni . . 



Alnus rubra 



Populus Fremontii . . . 

 Pseudotsuga Douglasii, var. ma 



crocarpa 



Rhus Metopium .... 

 Reynosia latitblia . . 

 Gymnoeladus Canadensis 

 Drypetes crocea .... 



Carya sulcata 



Quercus Catesbsei . . . 

 Quercus tinctoria . . . 

 Thuya gigantea .... 

 Quercus rubra, var. Texana 



Carya porcina 



Taxodium distichum . . 



