X.] 



BRITISH OAK. 



61 



TABLE XVII. 



Vertical or Crushing Experiments on British Oak, 

 with 4 square inches of base. 



NOTE. Nos. 97 to 107 (inclusive) were cut from one piece of Timber, Nos. 108 to 

 no were cut from another, and No. in from a third piece. 



TABLE XVIII. 



Vertical or Crushing Experiments on British Oak, 

 with 9 square inches of base. 



NOTE. Nos. 112 to 120 (inclusive) were cut from a piece of Oak timber that had been 

 four years in store it was not even then well seasoned ; Nos. 121 and 122 were of better 

 seasoned timber. 



