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Table XIII. (Continued.) 
Red Deal. 
Uniform Rectangular Pillars of Red Deal, flat at the ends, cut out of the same plank ; 
each pillar being four feet ten inches long, and having the same weight, 3 lbs. 13 ozs., 
and nearly the same area of section, four square inches. The sections were as in 
Plate XV. No. 10. 
No. of Ex- 
sides of 
Deflection. 
sponding 
Weight with which it 
Remarks. 
periment. 
pillar. 
weight. 
sunk down. 
inch. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
f Bent in direction of diagonal, one end crushed about one inch from 
i. 
1 to 1 
•03 
3254 
■< bottom ; and in the middle, two-thirds or three-fomths of the 
•10 
6505 
[_ area being crippled. 
•12 
8857 
•17 
11209 
12385 ~] 
2. 
1 to 1 
•09 
4153 
•12 
6505 
['Mean 11993 
•15 
8857 
Crushed as before. 
•32 
11209 
11601 J 
3. 
1 to 2 
•13 
4153 
Sunk by bending in the direction of the smaller side. 
•17 
5329 
•25 
6505 
7681 
f In another experiment, a piece of the same size broke with some- 
what less than this. 
4. 
1 to 3 
•42 
4153 
4349 
Sunk by bending in the direction of the smaller side. 
