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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [CHAP. 



The specimens Nos. I to 6 were selected pieces, but 

 not all taken from the same tree. 



The following were taken from a continuous strip 

 cut the whole length of the tree. 



TABLE CLIV. PITCH PINE (AMERICAN). 



Transverse Experiments. 2nd Example. 

 (Butt to Top, inner part of the tree. Fig. 32<7.) 



REMARKS. No. 7 fractured but not broken asunder, highly resinous ; Nos. 8, 9, 10, 

 and ii broke a little short ; 12 broke with a long splintery fracture. 



E = 722360. S = 2334. 



Specimens Nos. 7 to 12, with the early layers or 

 growth, were taken at about 3 inches from the pith of a 

 centre plank cut from a log 42 feet in length. (Fig. 32.) 



FIG. 32. a, b, c. 



