6 5 8 



LOUIS VESSOT KING 



160,000-200,000 pounds per square inch. The conclusion, there limited to 

 small cavities, is extended by the present experiments of Adams and Bancroft 

 to continuous rock stressed under conditions approaching those existing in 



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the earth's interior, in which circumstances a limiting stress-difference 

 several times greater than that obtained by the usual crushing test must 

 be employed. 



