APPENDIX D. 



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APPENDIX D. 



Table CLXVIII. 



Showing the woods which have been experimented upon, arranged in numerical 

 order of tensile strength, and the comparative tensile strength, English 

 Oalc being = i"ooo. Abstracted from the tables accompanying the 

 description of the various kinds. 



Name of the Wood. 



Numerical 



order of 



tensile 



strength. 



Direct 



cohesion on 



I square inch. 



Comparative 



strength, 

 English Oak 

 being =1 "coo. 



Kranji . 



Tewart . 



Pyengadu 



Mora . 



Elm, Canada 



Greenheart . 



Iron-bark 



Oak, French . 



Molav^ . 



Oak, Englisli. 



Chow . 



Kari . 



African . 



Oak, White American 



Kapor . 



Hornbeam 



Pingow . 



Blue Gum 



Sabicu , 



Ash, American 



Elm, English 



Pine, Pitch . 



Kauri, New Zealand 



Oak, Dantzic 



Larch, Russian . 



Fir, Riga 



,, Spruce . 

 Oak, Baltimore 

 Mahogany, Cuba . 

 Ash, English. 

 Mahogany, Mexican 

 Teak, Moulmein . 

 Fir, Dantzic . 

 Mahogany, Hondtiras 

 Jarrah . 

 Cedar, Cuba. 

 Red Pine, Canada 

 Yellow Pine, Canada 



3 



4 

 S 

 6 



7 

 8 



9 

 10 

 II 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 IS 

 16 



17 

 18 



19 

 20 



23 



24 



25 

 26 



27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 3S 

 36 

 37 

 38 



lbs. 

 10,920 

 10,284 

 9.656 

 9,240 

 9,182 

 8,820 



8.377 

 8,102 

 7,812 

 7.S7I 

 7.199 

 7,070 

 7.052 



7,02I 



6,790 



6,405 

 6,311 

 6,048 



S.558 

 5.495 

 5.460 



4,666 



4.543 

 4,212 

 4.203 

 4.051 

 3.934 

 3.832 

 3.791 

 3.780 

 3.427 

 3.301 

 3.231 

 2,998 

 2,940 

 2,870 



2,705 

 2,027 



1 .442 

 1-398 

 I 275 

 I '220 

 I -213 

 1-165 

 i*io6 

 i"07i 

 1-032 



I'OOO 



■951 

 ■934 

 ■931 

 ■927 

 -896 

 -846 

 •832 

 •798 

 ■734 

 •725 



•721 



•616 



-600 



•556 



•5S5 

 ■535 

 •520 

 •506 

 •500 

 ■499 

 •451 

 ■436 

 ■427 

 ■396 

 •388 

 ■379 

 '357 

 -267 



