IX.] 



BRITISH OAK. 



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however, the fact that in a fine tree, sound and 

 apparently free from defect, nearly the whole of one 

 side was found to be faulty, while the other half proved 

 to be inferior in strength to the specimens of average 

 quality noticed in the Tables V. and VI., the mean 

 breaking weight of the best side being 562 Ibs., as 

 compared with 776 Ibs. in Table V., and 837 Ibs. 

 in Table VI., the weaker side not affording any 

 figures by which it could be compared with previous 

 experiments. 



The deflections of a few specimens, under given 

 weights and with various bearings, are shown in the 

 following tables : 





DEFLECTIONS: ENGLISH OAK. 



TABLE VIII. 



