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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [chap. 
Table XCVIII. —Kari (Australia). 
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 
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 
75 
‘OO 
5-00 
820 
957 
855 
205 ‘OO 
2 
1-25 
•00 
6-25 
725 
885 
819 
lSl-25 
3 
1 ‘35 
•IO 
4‘6o 
955 
1023 
934 
238-75 
4 
75 
•05 
7 ' 5 ° 
840 
. 987 
851 
210 ‘OO 
5 
1 - oo 
•05 
6-50 
920 
1013 
908 
230 ‘OO 
6 
I ‘OO 
■°5 
6-50 
9 i 5 
1023 
9°3 
22875 
Total . 
6to 
•25 
3675 
5 1 75 
5888 
5270 
129375 
Average 
I ‘OI 
•04 
6-o6 
862-5 
981-33 
87873 
215-625 
Remarks. —Each piece broke with scarph-like fracture, 8 to 10 inches in length. 
Table XCIX. 
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 
9 
10 
11 
12 
Inches. 
\ 
2 X 2 X 30 
lbs. 
31,080 
30,800 
31,360 
31,360 
22, 120 
22,960 
lbs. 
7,770 
7,700 
7,840 
7,840 
5,530 
5,740 
Total . 
169,680 
42,420 
Average 
981 • 
2 S,2So 
7,070 
