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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. 



[chap. 



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 



Section 



Mid, 



Tap 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). 



Table CLXIII.— Kauri (New Zealand). 

 Transverse Experiments. — Top length. 



Remarks. — These specimens broke with a moderate length of fracture. 



