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Construction of the Tables xiii 
Description and Use of the Tables xvii 
Examples to the First Series of Tables, viz. — 
To find the Scantlings of Red Pine sufficient to carry a given 
weight uniformly loaded, and to have with that weight a 
given deflection xviii 
To find the Scantlings of Red Pine sufficient to carry a given 
weight suspended from the middle, and to have with that 
weight a given deflection xxi 
To find the Scantlings of any Species of Timber to have the 
same strength or deflection as those of Red Pine of a given 
length; being Examples to the Table of Constants, No 1 ... xxii 
Examples to the Second Series of Tables, viz. — 
To find the breaking weight of any Species of Timber of any 
dimension in the Second Series of Tables xxiv 
To find by the Table of Constants, No. 2, and the Second Series 
of Tables, the Scantlings of any Species of Timber sufficient 
to carry a weight, which shall be any given portion of the 
breaking weight xxv 
