XVIII.] 



AMERICAN WHITE OAK. 



In the experiments that were made, it was found 

 White Oak compared very favourably with all the 

 foreign Oaks, but proved to be slightly inferior in 

 strength to the English Oak. 



TABLE XXXVIII. AMERICAN (OR PASTURE) WHITE OAK. 

 Transverse Experiments. 



REMARKS. Nos. i, 2, 5, and 6 broke with a splintery fracture, 10 to 12 inches in 

 length ; 3 and 4, although splintered like the others, were not completely broken asunder. 



TABLE XXXIX. 

 Tensile Experiments. 



