TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. 



[chap. 



Table LXXII. 

 Tensile Experiments. 



Table LXXIII. 

 Vertical or Crushing Strain on cubes of 2 inches. 



THE KRANJI, OR RED KRANJI TREE, 



of which it is probable there are varieties of some other 

 colour, is likewise found in the island of Borneo; it is 

 a tree of straight growth and noble dimensions, and 

 compares favourably with the Chowj it was imported 

 in 1860-61 with the latter wood, and ultimately- sent 

 to Woolwich Dockyard to be employed for naval 

 purposes. 



The wood is red in colour, hard, heavy, exceedingly 

 tough, and is one of the strongest with which we are 

 acquainted, every one of the specimens, when tried 

 transversely, taking a very heavy strain, and breaking 

 with an unusually long fracture ; the grain is close and 

 somewhat resembles Cuba or Spanish Mahogany, but is 



