XIV.] 



ITALIAN OAK. 



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fewer experiments on these than on most other woods, 

 owing to the difficulty that was found in obtaining a 

 length of seven feet with a clean straight grain for 

 testing. 



Table XXVII. — Italian or Tuscan Oak. 

 Transverse Experiments. 



Remarks.— AU the specimens broke with fibrous fractures, xo to 16 inches in length. 



Table XXVIII.— Italian or Tuscan Oak. 

 Vertical or Crushing Strain on cubes of 2 inches. 



K 2 



