THE 



SCIENTIFIC PROCEEDINGS 



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ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY. 



Vol. XII. (I.S.), lo. 7. APRIL, 1909. 



NOTE ON THE TENSILE STRENGTH OF 

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HENRY H. DIXON, Sc.D. F.R.S. 



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