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Tape LVIII. 
Tensile Experiments. 
Number | Dimensions | . _.,  |Weightthe| Direct 
of the of PES piece brok on| 
specimen. | each piece. | 8t@vity- with. |x square in. 
Inches. Ibs. Ibs. 
7 745 | 22,400 | 5,600 
8 742 | 20,440] 5,110 
9 757 | 28,000 | 7,000 
ro |/?7*?*3\| 748 | 25,480 | 6,370 
II . 740 | 26,600] 6,650 
12 753 | 28,560} 7,140 
Total . aie 4485 |151,480 | 37,870 
Average de 747°5|) 25,246 | 6,311 
TasLe LIX. 
Vertical or Crushing Strain on cubes of 2 inches. 
No. 13. No. 14. No. 15. No. 16. Total. | Average. | Ditto on 
I Square 
Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. inch. 
17°125 | 18°625 | 18125 | 18°750 | 72°625 | 18°156 | 4°539 
E = 1,259690. S = 3316. 
THE KRANJI, OR RED KRANJI TREE, 
of which it is probable there are varieties of some other 
colour, is likewise found in the island of Borneo; it is a 
tree of straight growth and noble dimensions, and com- 
pares favourably with the Chow; it was imported in 
1860-61 with the latter wood, and ultimately sent to 
Woolwich Dockyard to be employed for naval purposes. 
The wood is red in colour, hard, heavy, exceedingly 
tough, and is one of the strongest with which we are 
acquainted, every one of the specimens, when tried trans- 
versely, taking a very heavy strain, and breaking with an 
unusually long fracture; the grain is close and some- 
what resembles Cuba or Spanish Mahogany, but is very 
