IX.] 



BRITISH OAK. 



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of this tree, came out with a long, clean, straight grain, 

 as the appearance of the log had promised ; but the six 

 taken from the opposite side were not nearly so good, 

 the grain being in each a little waved or twisted, and the 

 fibre of no great length. Some had small pin-like knots 

 in them, and the surface of the plank being dotted over 

 with these, it presented a mottled appearance, somewhat 

 resembling Bird's-eye Maple. 



The specimens are numbered from the centre or pith 

 of the tree outwards I to 6 and i' to 6' in column 9. 

 The results are as follow, viz. : 



TABLE VII. 

 Transverse Experiments. yd Example. 



REMARKS. Nos. 13 to 17 inclusive broke very short ; 18 and 19 were nearly alike, 

 and had scarph-shaped fractures 10 inches in length ; 20 and 21 had long splintery frac- 

 tures ; 22 to 24 inclusive broke short to %th the depth, then long fractures. 



