TABLE I. 
Shrinkage of small cylinders of wood on drying, in directions parallel and perpendicular to the rings. 
Timber Average Diameters | to Rings. | Average Diameters | to Rings. | Per cent. Moisture. | Per cent. Decrease 
H 18 
13/7/17. 26/3/18 7/10/19. | 13/7/17. 26/318. 7/10/19. | 13/7/17. 26/3/18. 
| to Rings. | to Rings 
Pinus maritima ... 2:994 2:846 2-871 2:9965 2:9315 2:941 
80 9:3 4°88 2°09 
Pinus canariensis... 9:002 2:890 2:902 3:001 2:937 2:9475 55 ^ 3:73 2:13 
Pinus insignis — ...| 2'994 2:890 2:907 2:996 2:9345 2:952 140 . 7 3°35 2:04 
(Mount Burr) | 
Pinus insignis ...| 2'987 2:895 | 2:913 2:990 2:937 9:047 100 7 3:07 1°77 
(Wirrabara) | 
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