Table 2.— Shrinkage values for roble bianco (Tabebuia pentaphylla )^- ^m 
Species 
and 
source 
Shrinkage- 
Radial 
: Tangential 
•Longitudinal' 
Volumetric 
•Percent 
Percent 
: 6.2 : 
: 6.1 j 
: 5.9 : 
Percent ; 
: 0.09 : 
.18 ! 
.15 ! 
Percent 
Roble bianco i 
(Tabebuia pentaphylla) 
British Honduras - 
Honduras 
3.6 
: 3.6 
3.7 
10.4 
8.7 
9.5 
Average (Panama, 
Brit. Honduras, 
. 3.6 
i 2.6 
: 6.1 
s 5.9 
: 9.5 
•Venezuela 
: 9.3 
_ c 
I . - 
■ - 
. x 
__= w 
esq 
o- 
"T'his table shows results of tests on roble bianco made by the 
Yale School of Forestry in cooperation with the Office of Naval 
Research and the Bureau of Ships, U. S, Navy Department (4, 32). 
The results of tests on material from Venezuela xrere taken from 
the report of Kynoch and Norton ( 10 ). 
2 
"Shrinkage values represent shrinkage from the green to the ovendry 
condition expressed as a percentage of the green dimension. 
Rept. No. 1980 
