EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS. 



EXPERIMENTS ON TENSILE STRENGTH. 



VERTICAL OR CRUSHING STRAIN ON CUBES or 2 INCHES. 



The tensile strength as given by Jas. Mitchell is greatly in excess of that recorded by Laslett, 

 but is fairly in accord with some recent observations by Mr. F. C. Campbell of Geelong. (See 

 Proceedings of the Eoyal Society of Victoria 1879.) 



RESULTS of Experiments on the transverse strength of Wood of Eucalyptus globulus, instituted by Baron 

 von Mueller and J. G. Luehmanu. The pieces were 2 inches square, 2 feet long between the 

 supports, the weight suspended in the middle, both ends free. The timber was seasoned for nine 

 months. 



8 (strength) = -^ Qength) x W (weight) 



4x6 (breadth) X d 2 (depth multiplied by itself) 



