XXII.] 



LAUAN. 



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Table LXXIX. 

 Tensile Experiments. 



The following woods are also found in the Philippine 

 Islands, namely — 



^. Lauan, 



3. Banaba, 



4. Dougon, 

 5- Ypil, 



6. LacoIacOi 



7. Acle, 



8. Tindalo (two sorts), 



9. Diladila, 

 10. Yacal, 



11. Mangachapuy, 



12. Karra, 



13. Guigo, 



14. Camayuati. 



15. Malatapay, 



16. Palo Maria, 



17. Mapilia, 



18. Mambog, 



19. Bolongnita, 



and some of them are considered to be of a very useful 

 description, Nos. 2 and 7 especially so. 



The Lauan timber (No. 2), after some experiments 

 had been made on specimens 0"3937i inches square by 

 39'37i inches in length, with the following results, was 



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