176 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. (CHAP. 
TABLE LXXXVI.—MAHOGANY (HONDURAS). 
Transverse Experiments, 
Deflections. Total Weight Wei 
ight ry diced eight 
Dante * | With the After the At. sented $e in to a 
species, | Srgartas] weleht | the cris | to beak | 2 |apecits| aqua 
390 Ibs. | removed. | breaking. | piece. Joo. ee 
Inches. Inch, Inches. Ibs. Ibs. 
I 2°00 ‘Io 4°50 Sir | 644 | 881 | 202°75 
2 1°75 ‘00 3°75 821 | 684 | 840 | 205°25 
3 2°25 ‘Io 3°75 750 | 650 | 808 | 187°50 
4 2°00 | ‘05 3°55 756 | 662 | 799 | 189‘00 
5 1°65 10 4°15 823 | 650 | 887 | 205°75 
6 1°85 15 4°65 851 | 666 | 894 | 212°75 
Total 1150 “50 24°35 | 4,812 |3956 |5109 | 1203°00 
Average} 1°916 083 4°058 802 | 659°3} 851°5| 200°5 
Remarxs.—Each piece broke with moderate length of fracture, and splintery. 
TABLE LXXXVII. 
Tensile Experiments. 
Number . : . Weight th Di 
D f |  Specifi Veight the Mea 
mpecitim, | eaclece. | gievty. | Pea broke | cobetion on, 
Inches. Ibs. Ibs. 
7 662 10,920 2,730 
8 : 50 12,040 3,010 
9 44 9,940 2,485 
Io 2% 2X30 666 14,280 3,570 
Ir 684 12,740 3,185 
12 650 12,040 3,010 
Total. . 3956 71,960 | 17,990 
Average. 659 11,993 2,998 
