202 



1900. — The following timbers tested at the Melbourne University by Mr. James 

 Mann had been stored away in a rack in a dry room for upwards of eight years ; they 

 were 2 feet long, and approximately 3 inches square : — 



Ironbark (E. sideroxylon) 

 Grey Box (E. hemiphloia) 

 Yellow Stringybark (E. Muelleriana) 

 Tuart (E. gomphocephala) 

 Blue Gum (E. globulus) 

 Tallow-wood (E. microcorys) ... 

 Yellow Box (E. melliodora) . . . 

 Karri (E. diversicolor) 





lb, per cub. ft. 





69-7 





Gl 



... 



50 



... 



72 



... 



57 



... 



59 





03 





58 



A further table at p. 30 gives — 



Jarrah (E. marginata) 

 Karri (E. diversicolor) 

 Tuart (E. gomphocephala) 

 Wandoo (E. redunca) ... 

 White Gum (E. viminalis) 

 Flooded Gum (E. roslrata) 

 Blue Gum (E. globulus) 

 Grey Box (E. hemiphloia) 



(J. Mann, " Australian Timber — Its Strength, Durability and Identification," 

 1900, p. 25.) 



1902. — A. O. Green (" Tasmanian Timbers, their Qualities and Uses") gives 

 the weights of certain Taomanian timbers : — 



lb. per cub. ft. 



Blue Gum (E. globulus), fresh cut... ... ... 73 









05 







.. 



03 



... 





.. 



07 







.. 



72 







.. 



09 









70 









G3 



ri i 







73 



Blue Gum (E. globulus), dry 

 Stringybark (E. obliqua), fresh cut 

 Stringybark (E. obliqua), dry 

 Gum-top Stringybark (E. gigantea) 

 Swamp Gum (E. regnans) 

 Peppermint (E. amygdalina) ... 

 White Gum (E. viminalis) 



00 

 09 

 57 

 50 

 54 

 59 

 40 



