( in )— Results of tests foe shearing, parallel to the fibre, in tons per square inch. 
Central Provinces Sal —contd. 
[Note.—A verage of 6 tests in each case]— contd. 
14 
Rem abks. 
10 
*"*>i 
Plane of cleavage $ 
oblique. §■"' 
a' 
a 
Plane of cleavage £ 
radial. w- 
Plane of cleavage ^ 
tangential. rO 
TO 
TO 
Do. 
cv 
Do. 
Plane of cleavage p—i 
oblique and tan- <3 
gential. q 
Plane of cleavage ^ 
oblique. 
Tons per 
square 
i nch. 
os 
1 
1-02 
0-89 
0-58 
0-74 
0-95 
1-09 
1-17 
O 
6 
Actual 
weight 
applied to 
cause 
fracture, 
in tons. 
oo 
305 
2-69 
1- 74 
2- 21 
2- 85 
3- 26 
3-50 
0 
<N 
Percent¬ 
age of 
moisture 
in timber 
at time 
of testing. 
£> 
13-30 
13-35 
13-00 
13-09 
11- 40 
12- 00 
11-49 
Size of 
piece 
tested, 
n inches. 
Two planes 
of cleav¬ 
age, l" X 
2" = 3 
square 
inches 
shearing 
surface. 
Do. . 
Do. 
Do. . 
Do. . 
Do. . 
Do. 
\ 
Time of 
felling. 
lO 
September 
Do. . 
Do. . 
Do. . 
December 
June 
Do. . 1 
Method of seasoning. 
Seasoned in the log for 7 years 
in shade, then converted into 
scantlings and seasoned under 
cover for 8 months. 
Do. . 
Seasoned in the log for 7 years 
in the open, then converted 
into scantlings and seasoned 
for 8 months in the shade. 
Log immersed in water for 2 
years and 7 months, dried on 
land in open for 4 years and 
5 months, then converted 
into scantlings and seasoned 
in shade for 8 months. 
Seasoned in the log for 4 years 
and 3 months in the open, 
then converted into scant¬ 
lings and seasoned in shade 
for 1 year and 3 months. 
Seasoned in the log for 2 years 
and 9 months in the open, 
then converted into scantlings 
and seasoned in shade for 1 
year and 3 months. 
Do. . 
Average 
Origin of 
timber. 
CO 
Seedling 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Coppice. 
Locality where 
grown. 
<N 
Hill-grown Sal from 
the Balaghat Divi¬ 
sion, Central Pro¬ 
vinces. 
Do. . 
Do. . 
Do. . 
Do. 
Do. . 
Do. . 
3 6 
rH 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
02 
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