202 



1900. —The following timbers tested at the .Melbourne University by Mr. James 

 Mann had been stored away in a rack in a dry room for upwards of eight years; they 

 were 2 feet long, and approximately 3 inches square 



[ronbark {E. sideroxylon) 

 Grey Box [E. hemiphloia) 

 Yellow Stringybark (E. Mueller iana) 

 Tuart (E. gomphocephala) 

 Blue Gum (E. globulus) 

 Tallow-wood (E. microoorys) ... 

 Yellow Box (E. meUiodora) . . . 

 Karri (E. di versicolor) 



are : — 







1 



lb. 



pur cub. ft 



69-7 



01 



56 



72 

 57 

 59 

 G3 



58 



J 



A further table at p. 36 gives — 



Jarrah (E. marginata) 65 



Karri (E. diversicolor) ... 63 



Tuart (E. gomphocephala) 67 



Wandoo (E. redunca) ... ... ..' 72 



White Gum (E. viminalis) ... ... ... ... 69 



Flooded Gum (E. roslrata) 70 



Blue Gum (E. globulus) 63 



Grey Box {E. hemiphloia) ... ... 73 



(J. Mann. " Australian Timber -Its Strength, Durability and Identification," 

 1900, p. 25.) 



1902. A. O. Green (" Tasmanian Timbers, their Qualities and Uses") gives 

 the weights of certain Tasmanian timbers: — • 



lb. per cub. ft. 



Blue Gum (E. globulus), fresh cut... 73 



Blue Gum (E. globulus), dry 60 



Stringybark (/-.'. obliqua), fresh cut 09 



Stringybark (E. obliqua), dry ... 57 



Gum-top Stringybark (E. gigantea) 50 



Swamp Gum (E. regnans) ... ... 54 



Peppermint (E. (imggdalina) ... ... 59 



White Gum {E. viminalis) ... ... 46 



