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and is used most extensively in that way. 
supplements the supply of Honduras, the deliveries of 
which of late have been scarcely sufficient to meet the 
growing demands for it. 
It therefore 
TABLE LXXXIX.—MAHOGANY (MEXICAN). 
Transverse Expérineits. 
| Deflections. tet = Weight | Weight 
Number | withthe | Afterthe| At | required | “$2 | to | Tequired 
Oren apparatus] weight | the crisis | to break 8&8 | specific to: brea 
specimen. | veighing was of each wth | gravity] 7 pete 
390 lbs, | removed. | breaking. | piece. 700. anEDs 
Inches. Inch. Inches, Ibs, Ibs. 
I 1°25 Kore) 3°50 720 790 | 638 180°00 
2 1'25 ip ce) 4°25 700 612 | 801 175 "00 
3 1°00 ‘05 4°25 920 715 | gor 230°00 
4 1‘00 kere) 3°65 785 665 | 841 196°25 
5 1°25 IS 3°75 880 660 | 933 220°00 
6 1°00 05 4°15 690 625 | 733 172°50 
{Total .| 6°75 "35 | 23°55 | 4,695 | 4067 |4847 |1173°75 | 
| Average 1°125 058 | 35925 782°5 677°83' 807°83! 195625 
Remarks.—Each piece broke short. 
TABLE XC. 
Tensile Experinents. 
Number . : . Weight the Direct 
D s f Specific Y ers: : 
spttinen. | fachpiece. | gravisy, | Piste proke | coveson on 
Inchet Ibs. Ibs. 
7 665 15,680 3,920 
8 660 15,120 3, 780 
9 2x2x30 | 625 10,640 2,660 
10 612 10, 304 2,576 
II | 715 10,800 4,200 
Total | 3277 68,544 | 17,136 
Average “ | 655 13,709 3,427 
