1X. ] BRITISH OAK. 53 
of this tree, came out with a long, clean, straight grain, 
as the appearance of the log had promised; but the six 
taken from the opposite side were not nearly so good, 
the grain being in each a little waved or twisted, and the 
fibre of no great length. Some had small pin-like knots 
in them, and the surface of the plank being dotted over 
with these, it presented a mottled appearance, somewhat 
resembling Bird’s-eye Maple. 
The specimens are numbered from the centre or pith 
of the tree outwards—1 to 6 and 1’ to 6’ in column 9. 
The results are as follow, viz. :— 
TABLE VII. 
Transverse Experiments.—3rd Example. 
Deflection. S o 
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5 “a 0 ss os Bed so Tes 
2 : F 
sai aF | o. [mes] & woe | ee | 2G 
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— 5E| Sod| Pp esel © | eSe ) 2 iss 
29| ob4| BS | ate & 338 65 | a4 
Ea) So of Sea “S so oF iBe 
au eB} 28 & 30 o O35 4 Oia £3 
2 |82°) 25 iS & Foe | be | Ge 
tal 2 ~ i - a Zo 
35 < 
The mean of 1’ Inches. | Inches. } Ibs. Ibs. Ibs. 
too’. . .| 2. 13°25 |3°95 | 407 | 867 | 101°75 
13 |3°75 | 3°75 | 390 | 836) 97°5 6! 
14 | 3°75 {3°75 | 400 | 866 | 100°0 5 
15 350: | 390; 668 | 97's 4! 
10 . 390 | 865 | 97°5 3! 
17] «- {3°75 | 399 | 860 | 97°5 2! 
ENGLISH 18 {2°25 | 5°00 | 480 | 910 | 120°0 sa I 
Oak. 19 |2°00 | 7°00 | 740 | 900 | 1850 | 5,320| 1 
20 | 2°00 | 4°50 | 630 | 900 | 157°5 | 4,400] 2 
21 | 2°25 {5°00 | 620 | 854 | 155°0 | 4,200] 3 
22 | 3°50 -|4°50 | 470 | 864 | 117°5 | 4,340] 4 
23 |3°75 | 5°00 | 480 | 838 | 120°0 | 2,520 5 
24 | 4°00 14°50 | 430 | 791 | 107°5 | 2,240 
The mean of 1to6 |2°916|5*10 | 562 | 858 | 140°5 | 3,837 
Themean ofthe whole | 3083 | 4°525 | 484 | 862'5) 121 
Remarks.—Nos. 13 to 17 inclusive broke very short; 18 and 19 were nearly alike, 
and had scarph-shaped fractures ro inches in length; 20 and 21 had long splintery frac- 
tures ; 22 to 24 inclusive broke short to }éth the depth, then long fractures, 
