138 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [CHAP. 



plain. It would take a high polish, and, except for the 

 almost total absence of "figure" to give it beauty, it 

 would be valuable for the manufacture of furniture, or 

 any ornamental purposes. The Kranji is chiefly used in 

 Borneo for ship and house-building, but would be useful 

 in a general way, and seems likely to prove fit for many 

 of our requirements, 



TABLE LX. RED KRANJI (BORNEO). 

 Transverse Experiments, 



Number 

 of the 



Deflections. 



With the 

 apparatus 

 weighing 



After the 



At 



the crisis 

 of 



Total 



weight 



neouiTco 



:; fcrak 



each 



piece. 



It 

 11 



Wefeitf 



rcdncei 



to 



Inches. 



*5<> 

 75 

 65 



So 



Inch. 



5 

 00 



oo 



"00 



4-50 



475 



5 '-5 

 4x0 



I.SJ9 



1,382 



1,347 



275 



1051 

 95 6 

 1046 

 998 



1447 

 1424 

 1315 

 1409 



IS* 



38275 

 37975 



414-25 

 365 -oo 



Total 



S73 



15 



24*25 



8,896 



6176 



8642 



Aver.-.^e 



025 



1,482-6 



1029 3 1440 3 



370-66 



REMARKS Nos. x, 5, and 6 broke with very ! 

 and scarph tike. 



Only one piece of Kranji was tested for tensile 

 strength, and that proved equal to a strain of 10,920 Ibs. 

 on the square inch. None were tried under the vertical 

 or crushing strain. 



E = 1,504910. S = 3892. 



THE KAPOR OR CAMPHOR TREE 



is found also in the island of Borneo, and was imported 



