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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [chap. 
Table LXXX VI.—Mahogany (Honduras). 
Transverse Experiments. 
Number 
of the 
specimen. 
Deflections. 
Total 
weight 
required 
to break 
each 
piece. 
Specific 
gravity. 
Weight 
reduced 
to 
specific 
gravity 
700. 
Weight 
required 
to break 
1 square 
inch. 
With the 
apparatus 
weighing 
390 lbs. 
After the 
weight 
was 
removed. 
At _ 
the crisis 
of 
breaking. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
Inches. 
2 'OO 
175 
2-25 
2*00 
1-65 
1-85 
Inch. 
•IO 
•00 
•IO 
•05 
*IO 
•15 
Inches. 
4 ' 5 ° 
375 
375 
3 "55 
4 "i 5 
4^5 
lbs. 
8ll 
821 
750 
756 
823 
851 
644 
684 
650 
662 
650 
666 
881 
840 
808 
799 
887 
894 
lbs. 
202 75 
205 '25 
187TO 
189 ‘OO 
205-75 
212-75 
Total . 
11-50 
•50 
2475 
4,812 
395 6 
5 io 9 
1203-00 
Average 
| i' 9 i 6 
•083 
4-058 
802 
6597 
8517 
200-5 
Remarks— Each piece broke with moderate length of fracture, and splintery. 
Table LXXXVII. 
Tensile Experiments. 
Number 
of the 
specimen. 
Dimension of 
each piece. 
Specific 
gravity. 
Weight the 
piece broke 
with. 
Direct 
cohesion on 
1 square inch. 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
Inches. 
\ 
2 X 2 X 30 
' 1 
662 
650 
644 
666 
684 
650 
lbs. 
10,920 
12,040 
9,940 
14,280 
12,740 
12,040 
lbs. 
2,730 
3 , OI ° 
2,485 
3,570 
3> i8 5 
3 , oi ° 
T otal. 
3956 
71,960 
17,990 
Average. 
659 
n ,993 
2,998 
