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SPRING OF THE WHIP 



CH. XVII 



were experimented with, and were found to have 

 a deflection of about eight inches at a point four 

 feet two inches from the collar, or near the knot, 

 when a weight of ten ounces, avoirdupois, was hung 

 at that point, the whip being supported at the collar. 

 The following Table gives the details of these 

 experiments : — 



Description of Whip. 



No. I. 



Diameter of handle in 

 iooths of an inch : 

 At the butt 



At the collar .... 



Diameter of stick in 

 iooths of an inch : 

 At the collar .... 



At the upper end . . 



Length of handle, 

 inches 



Length of stick, in- 

 cluding handle, to 

 knot, feet and inches 



Length of thong, from 

 knot, feet and inches 



Deflection with weight 

 of 10 ounces at a 

 point 4 ft. 2 in. from 

 collar, inches .... 



Total weight of whip, 

 ounces, avoirdupois . 



Distance of point of 

 balance from butt, 

 inches 



Percentage of this dis- 

 tance in total length 

 of stick 



70 

 65 



60 



29 



5 0% 

 12 8 



6^ 



No. II. 



90 

 64 



58 

 30 



No. III. 



2 3 



38 



5 ° l /z 

 12 8 



sy 2 



85 

 60 



55 

 29 



10^ 



5 0% 



12 6 



No. IV. 



21 V, 



36 



23X 



37 



88 

 62 



60 



27 



io# 



5 iyi 



12 10 



No. V. No. VI. 



No.VII. 



21 



34 



57 

 55 



52 

 23 



5 itf 



'3 9 



9 l A 



23 



4i 



80 



70 



57 

 26 



4 10.^ 

 12 2 



9 



8^ 



21 



36 



80 

 70 



60 



ioy. 



48^ 

 11 9 



22 



39 



No. V. has no handle. Nos. VI. and VII. are jointed whips. 



