Part II. J Troup: Fissibility of some Indian JFoods. 
Woods arranged in order of Fissihility — continued. 
51 
TING FORCKS. 
Wood. 
I Genbbai. avebage, 
I RADIAL ANDTANGEN- 
I TIAL. 
al. 
Tangential. 
Average of 
oolnmne 13. 14, 
15 and 16. 
£8 
CQ 
a PU 
^ a 
O ffi 
17 
m tc 
o-'R 
18 
19 20 
3 
5-33 
4'5 
21 I 22 23 
Average of 
columns 19, 20, 
21 and 22. 
Q CO 
. © 
Green 
wood. 
'O 
B 
<8 
24 
25 
.e'} 
4-5 
3-5 
Dry wood. 
o< ti 
26 
O ^0 . 
02 ^ 
© >. 
'S.'C § 
a ^ 
^ 00 a 
^ ® C3 
^•s I 
27 
1 
53 
25 
3 
326 
325 
Eemabks. 
(Note. — Bad. refers to 
the radial and Tan. to 
the tangential fissure.) 
28 
Bad. — '.irain broadly 
wavy : Surface uudula- 
ting and somewhat 
jagged. Tan . — Grain 
broadly or slightly 
wavy : surface undula- 
ting and smoother than 
on the radial surface. 
Bad . — Straight to cross- 
grained : surface with 
longitudinal furrows 
and sometimes splin- 
ters, the depth of the 
furrows varying with 
the extent of cross- 
grain. Tan. —Smooth 
and straight. [Vide 
Plate I, Nos. 35 and 36.] 
Bad.— Cross-gi a i n e d : 
surface deeply furrow- 
ed by the cross fibres 
being torn out or 
severed. Tan , — Not 
cross-grained : surface 
undulating, fairly 
smooth, with small 
longitudinal furrows. 
Bad. — Very roueh and 
jagged, resembling the 
fracture of the Garde- 
nias. Tan. — Smooth, 
but surface somewhat 
undulating. 
