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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [CHAP. 



TABLE CV. 

 Tensile Experiments. 



TABLE CVI. 



Vertical or Crushing Strain on cubes of 2 inches. 



E = 778300. S = 1869. 



THE STRINGY-BARK TREE (Eucalyptus gigantea, E. 



robusta, or E. obliqua) 



is of straight growth, and takes its name from the strip- 

 like character of its bark. It is very abundant in Aus- 

 tralia and Van Diemen's Land, and flourishes well in 

 -any situation, provided the soil be dry. It attains a 

 height of from 100 to 230 feet, with a diameter of from 

 3 to 1 5 feet. 



The wood is of a brown colour, hard, heavy, strong, 

 close, and straight in the grain. It works up well, and 

 is employed in the colonies in ship-building, for planking, 

 beams, keels, and keelsons, and in civil architecture for 

 joists, flooring, &c. Upon the farms it is used for fences 

 and agricultural implements ; it is also employed for 

 furniture and for all ordinary purposes. 



