300 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [CHAP. 
Relatively considered, they stand as follows, viz.:— 
TRANSVERSE STRENGTH. | TENSILE STRENGTH. 
a= ‘86 a= 88 
b= 97 | b= 88 
erm ¢ = 100 
d= 93 | d= °7 
The specimens referred to in Table CLX., after 
being prepared for the experiments, lost 9 per cent. of 
their weight in the twenty days prior to breaking them, 
and seemed then to be in good-seasoned condition for 
use. 
A further series of experiments were made in a 
somewhat similar manner to that adopted with the 
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Section Butt Mia Top length 
FIG. 34. 
Pitch Pine; but in this case only three lengths were 
taken from a long Kauri tree—viz., one at the butt, one 
at the middle, and one at the top end, the intermediate 
pieces, each about 20 feet in length, being allowed to 
drop out. Six pieces were, however, taken from the 
breadth of each plank, three on each side of the pith 
(Fig. 34). 
