CHOW. 
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CHAP. XXII.] 
Table LIV.—Chow, or Menkabang Penang (Borneo). 
Transverse Experiments. 
Number 
of the 
specimen. 
Deflections. 
Total 
weight 
required 
to break 
each 
piece. 
Specific 
gravity. 
Weight 
reduced 
to 
specific 
gravity 
1000. 
Weight 
required 
to break 
x square 
inch. 
With the 
apparatus 
weighing 
390 lbs. 
After the 
weight 
was 
removed. 
At 
the crisis 
of 
breaking. 
Inches. 
Inch. 
Inches. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
I 
1-00 
•00 
275 
904 
II44 
790 
226 'OO 
2 
I -oo 
•05 
4'io 
I23I 
IIOO 
III 9 
3°775 
3 
I 'OO 
•00 
175 
766 
II36 
674 
I 9 I -50 
4 
75 
•05 
3 ' 5 ° 
1122 
II24 
998 
280-50 
5 
1 -oo 
•05 
2-65 
814 
1070 
761 
203-50 
6 
75 
•00 
2 "25 
IOI3 
1120 
904 
253-25 
Total . 
5 - 5 o 
•15 
i7 - oo 
5850 
6694 
5246 
1462-50 
Average 
•916 
•025 
2-833 
975 
III 5-6 
8747 
243-75 
Remarks. —Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 6 broke with fractures about 12 inches in length ; 3 and 
5, rather shorter. 
Table LV. 
Tensile Experiments. 
Number 
of the 
specimen. 
Dimensions 
of 
each piece. 
Specific 
gravity. 
Weight the 
piece broke 
with. 
Direct 
cohesion on 
1 square in. 
Inches. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
7 
\ / 
noo 
25,760 
6,440 
8 
1136 
25,760 
6,440 
9 
2 X 2 X 30 
“44 
31,640 
7,910 
10 
I 
1170 
3 B 36 o 
7,840 
11 
I ' 
1120 
29,456 
7,364 
Total . 
5670 
143,976 
35,994 
Average 
“34 
28,795 
7,199 
Table LVI. 
Vertical or Crushing Strain 071 cubes of 2 inches. 
No. 12. 
No. 13. 
No. 14. 
No. 15. 
Total. 
Average. 
Ditto on 
x square 
inch. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
22-750 
22 -500 
22-250 
22 -446 
89-946 
22-486 
5-621 
E = 1,013836. S = 2559. 
