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and is used most extensively in that way. It therefore 
supplements the supply of Honduras, the deliveries of 
which of late have been scarcely sufficient to meet the 
growing demands for it. 
Table LXXXIX. —Mahogany (Mexican). 
V ransverse 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. 
Inches. 
Inch. 
Inches. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
I 
I -25 
•00 
3 - 50 
720 
790 
638 
1 80 'OO 
2 
1-25 
•IO 
4 - 25 
700 
612 
801 
I75-00 
3 
I’OO 
•05 
4' 2 5 
920 
715 
901 
230-00 
4 
I - oo 
•00 
3-65 
785 
665 
841 
IQ6-2 3 
5 
1-25 
•15 
375 
880 
660 
933 
220*00 
6 
I 'OO 
•°5 
4 - i5 
690 
625 
733 
I72-50 
Total . 
675 
75 
23*55 
4,695 
4067 
4847 
II73 75 
Average 
1-125 
■058 
3-925 
7827 
677-83 
807-83 
I95-625 
Remarks. — Each piece broke short. 
Table XC. 
Tensile Experiments. 
Number 
of the 
specimen. 
Dimensions of 
each piece. 
Specific 
gravity. 
Weight the 
piece broke 
with. 
Direct 
cohesion on 
1 square in. 
7 
8 
Inches. 
665 
lbs. 
15,680 
lbs. 
3,920 
1 1 
660 
15,120 
3,780 
9 
> 2 X 2 X 30 < 
625 
10,640 
2,660 
10 
\ 1 
612 
10,304 
2,576 
11 
715 
16,800 
4,200 
Total. . 
3277 
68,544 
17,136 
Average . 
... 
655 
13,709 
3,427 
