XXII.] 



PINGOW. 



137 



TABLE LVIII. 

 Tensile Experiments. 



TABLE LIX. 

 Vertical or Crushing Strain on cubes of 2 inches. 



E = 1,259690. S = 3316. 



THE KRANJI, OR RED KRANJI TREE, 



of which it is probable there are varieties of some other 

 colour, is likewise found in the island of Borneo ; it is a 

 tree of straight growth and noble dimensions, and com- 

 pares favourably with the Chow ; it was imported in 

 1 860-6 1 with the latter wood, and ultimately sent to 

 Woolwich Dockyard to be employed for naval purposes. 

 The wood is red in colour, hard, heavy, exceedingly 

 tough, and is one of the strongest with which we are 

 acquainted, every one of the specimens, when tried trans- 

 versely, taking a very heavy strain, and breaking with an 

 unusually long fracture ; the grain is close and some- 

 what resembles Cuba or Spanish Mahogany, but is very 



