88 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES.  [cuap. 
TABLE XXVIII.—ITALIAN OR TUSCAN OAK. 
Vertical or Crushing Strain on cubes of 2 inches. 
No. 7. | No. 8 | No.g. | No. 10. | No. 11. | No. 12.| Total. |Average. 
Tons. | Tons. | Tons. Tons. | Tons. Tons. | Tons. | Tons. 
10°00 | 9°75 | 9°5 9°75 | 10°00 | 9°5 58°5 | 9°75 
#2°50 | 2-437] 2°375| 2°437| 2°50 | 2°375| 9°75 | 2°437 
* On x square inch. 
q' 
E = 248950. S = 1989. 
TABLE XXIX.—ITALIAN OR MODENA OAK. 
Transverse Experiments. 
Deflections. Total: Weizh 
° geht! Weight 
weight 2s |reduced «ig! 
peti With the | After the At required Be to aequied 
oriné |apparatus| weight | the crisis | to break 2 | specific} © Drea 
specimen. | weighing was ° each “ow | gravity| 7 wen € 
390 Ibs. | removed. | breaking. | piece, 1000. auch 
Inches. Inch. Inches. Tbs. Ibs. 
2°25 05 5°65 848 1130 | 750 | 212°00 
2°30 05 6°70 787 1103 | 713 | 196°75 
2°25 05 | 615 881 1121 | 786 | 220°25 
2°70 “15 700 823 1060 | 776 | 205°75 
2°25 "10 6°25 859 1092 | 787 | 214°75 
2°25 05 6°00 859 1150 | 747 | 214°75 
Total .| 14°00 45 37°75 | 5057 6656 14559 |1264°25 
Average| 2°33 ‘075 6°291 | 842°83] 1109°3| 7598°3| 210°71 | - 
Aub b 4 
Remarks.—Nos. 1, 5, and 6 broke with fractures slightly scarf-shaped ; 2, 3, and 4 
had long fibrous fractures. 
E = 400420, S = 2212, 
