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Table LV. 

 Vertical Experiments on cubes of— 



Number of the 

 specimen. 



25 

 26 



27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 



Table LVI. 

 Vertical Experiments. 



Dimensions of the pieces. 



Inches. 



3x 3 



4X 4 

 9 X 10 



Length. 

 Inches. 



I 

 2 

 3 



4 



7 



8 

 II 

 12 

 17 

 24 



Specific 

 gravity. 



993 



Crushed with 



Tons. 

 17-000 

 18-292 

 18-875 

 18-125 

 39-500 

 38-500 

 35-500 

 36-000 

 63-000 

 433-200 



Do. on the 

 square inch. 



Tons. 

 4-250 

 4-573 

 4-719 

 4-531 

 4-390 

 4-277 

 3-944 

 4-000 



3-938 

 4-811 



£ = 410430. 5 = 2909. 



