4 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [cHaP. 
TABLE CV. 
Tensile Experiments. 
Number | Dimensions . Weight Direct 
: of the of Spedhe the piece icohesionon 
specimen. | each piece. | 8'®”*Y: [broke with. iz squarcin. 
| Inches. Ibs. Ibs. 
7 i 997 | 14,560 | 3,640 
8 | 1079 | 26,600.| 6,650 
9 j)2x2x30,| 1037 | 24,360 | 6,090 
io | 1108 26,600 | 6,650 
i 1026 | 28,840 | 7,210 
| = iia 
| 
Total . | 5247 |120,950 | 30,240 
| 
i 
Average 1049 24,192 | 6,048 
TaBLe CVI. 
Vertical or Crushing Strain on cubes of 2 inches. 
No. 12. | No. x3. | No. 14. | No. 15. | No. 16.] No. 17. | Total. lAverage. Ditto on 
‘ I square 
Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | ‘ons. inch. 
| a 
12'875 | 13°000 12°750| 11125 10°500 | 13°625 73°875 | 12°312 3078 
E = 778300. S = 1869. 
HE STRINGY-BARK TREE (Eucalyptus gigantca, E. 
robusta, or E. obligua) 
i of straight growth, and takes its name from the strip- 
ke character of its bark. It is very abundant in Aus- 
alia and Van Diemen’s Land, and flourishes well in 
ny situation, provided the soil be dry. It attains a 
eight of from 100 to 230 feet, with a diameter of from 
to 15 feet. 
The wood is of a brown colour, hard, heavy, strong, 
lose, and straight in the grain. It works up well, and 
s employed in the colonies in ship-building, for planking, 
eams, keels, and keelsons, and in civil architecture for 
sists, flooring, &c. Upon the farms it is used for fences 
nA aaviealtuen) feanlamante . fe tn alae. 2-1-1 
