m BEAMS SUBJECTED TO TEAJfSVEESE STEAIN. 
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Summary of Experiments on Transverse Strength. Square and round bars of one inch 
sectional area. 
Length of bearing 60 inches. 
Square bars broken on their sides. 
Number and form of section. 
Depth. 
Breadth. 
Sectional 
area. 
Breaking 
weight. 
No. 8 ^ < 
in. 
1*010 
1*010 
1*010 
1*020 
1*000 
in. 
1*020 
1*025 
1*020 
1*025 
1*020 
sq. in. 
1*030 
1*035 
1*030 
1*045 
1*020 
lbs. 
505 
505 
561 
533 
533 
Mean 
1*010 
1*020 
1*032 
527 
Cylindrical bars. 
Number and form of section. 
Mean 
diameter. 
Sectional 
area. 
Breaking 
weight. 
# ^ 
f 
L 
in. 
1*145 
1*113 
1*115 
1*118 
1*120 
sq. in. 
1*030 
•972 
•976 
•981 
•985 
lbs. 
519 
505 
449 
449 
449 
1 Mean 
1 
1*122 
•989 
474 
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Square bars broken on their angles. 
Number and form of seetion. 
Depth. 
Side of 
square. 
Sectional 
area. 
Breaking 
weight. 
1 
in. 
1*442 
1*467 
1*450 
1*428 
1*428 
1*020 
1*037 
1*025 
1*010 
1*010 
sq. in. 
1*040 
1*076 
1*050 
1*020 
1*020 
lbs. 
449 
421 
449 
449 
477 
Mean 
1-443 
1*020 
1*041 
449 
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