TESTS OF WOODEN BARRELS. 
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Table 6. — Individual tests — Internal pressure, 
f-INCH BARRELS. 
No. of 
barrel. 
Num- 
ber of 
hoops. 
Pres- 
sure. 
Rate of leakage. 
Remarks. 
7 
8 
7a 
8a 
6 
6 
8 
8 
Lbs. per 
sq. inch. 
2 
4 
8 
10 
12 
2 
4 
6 
8 
10 
12 
13 
4 
8 
10 
16 
2 
4 
8 
12 
14 
Drops per 
minute. 
Lbs. per 
minute. 
Seepage through pores. 
Leak between staves. 
Head bulged flush with chime. 
Leak at chime; broken stream. 
Leak between staves. 
Leak at chime. 
Leak between staves at bilge. 
Heads bulged flush with chimes. 
Seeping in stream through pores.. 
Leak through joints of head. 
Displacement of flag. 
Seepage through pores. 
Leak at chimes and head bulged flush with 
chime. 
Leak through joints at end. 
Flag forced out. 
Seepage through pores. 
Leak between staves at end. 
Head bulged flush with chime; leak between 
staves at bilge and through joints in head. 
Leak in head. 
5 
120 
4 
200 
120 
60 
1.2 
f-INCH BARRELS. 
15 
16 
15a 
16a 
6 
6 
8 
8 
2 
6 
8 
12 
14 
16 
2 
4 
10 
14 
16 
18 
22 
2 
4 
10 
12 
14 
18 
2 
4 
8 
10 
14 
16 
22 
24 
108 
120 
2.0 
26 
96 
132 
2.0 
60 
2.4 
2 
20 
38 
Seepage through pores. 
Lea'k between staves at end. 
Streaming between staves at end. 
Head bulged flush with chime. 
Leak between staves at bilge. 
Seepage through pores; leak at chime. 
Leak between staves at bilge. 
Heads bulged flush with chime. 
Leak between staves at quarter. 
General leak between staves. 
Seepage through pores. 
Leak at chime. 
Squirting at chime. 
Leak between staves at end. 
Head bulged flush with chime. 
Test discontinued. 
Seepage through pores. 
Leak at chime. 
Leak between staves at bilge. 
Head bulged flush with chime. 
Stream through joints of head. 
Leak through joints of head; displaced 
1-INCH BARRELS. 
23 
24 
6 
6 
4 
8 
12 
14 
18 
20 
24 
4 
10 
12 
14 
18 
20 
28 
Leak at chime and at flag; seepage through 
pores. 
Leak between staves at bilge. 
Head bulged flush with chime. 
Leak at joint of head. 
Leak between staves. 
Seepage through pores; leak at chime. 
Leak between staves at quarter. 
Leak between staves at bilge. 
Head bulged flush with chime. 
Leak at joints of head. 
Leak between staves. 
6 
14 
1.2 
52 
50 
70 
82 
1.5 
