CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER X. 



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British Oak — Experiments on tensile strength — Tables — Vertical strength 

 — Tables — Sectional area for pillars — Elongation of fibres — ^Tables, 

 &c io6 



CHAPTER XI. 



British Oak— Time for felling— Tannin in bark— Winter-felled timber- 

 Account of some ships in which used, &c 114 



CHAPTER XII. 



British Oak — Navy contracts — Specifications for timber, thick-stuff, and 



plank, &c 118 



CHAPTER XIII. 



French Oak — Resemblance to British — Sample first tried — Loss in con- 

 version — Method of hewing — Tried in H. M. 's Ship ' ' Pallas " — Quality 

 — Classed at Lloyd's — Experiments — Tables, &o 123 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Italian Oak — Several varieties — Quality — Description — Defects — Quantity 



in H.M.'s Dockyards — Navy contracts— Experiments — Tables, &c. . 127 



CHAPTER XV. 



Dantzic Oak — Description — Classification — Agent employed — Specifi- 

 cation for Navy contracts — Experiments — Tables, &c. . . , 134 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Riga Oak— Dimensions — Quality — Quantity imported — Used for furniture 



— Form when hewn — Peculiarity in selling, &c 139 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Belgian Oak — Survey of Belgian forests — Piedmont — Dutch or Rhenish — 

 Spanish and Turkey Oak— Forests of Asia Minor— European Turkey 

 — Hungary, &c 141 



