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elastic, and easy to work. It is very suitable for em¬ 
ployment for oars to boats, and is consequently in great 
request for that service, while its economical uses are as 
wide and general as that of our native growth. 
Table CXI. —Ash (Canadian). 
Transverse Experiments. 
Number 
of the 
specimen. 
Deflections. 
Total 
weight 
required 
to break 
each 
piece. 
Specific 
gravity. 
Weight 
reduced 
to 
specific 
gravity 
600. 
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 
2-5 
*IO 
7 - oo 
696 
493 
847 
174 
2 
3 '° 
•i5 
775 
580 
467 
745 
145 
Total . 
5‘5 
•25 
1475 
1,276 
960 
1592 
319 
Average 
275 
•125 
7775 
638 
480 
796 
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Table CXII. 
Tensile Experiments. 
Number 
of the 
specimen. 
Dimensions 
of 
each piece. 
Specific 
gravity. 
Weight the 
piece broke 
with. 
Direct 
cohesion on 
1 square inch. 
3 
Inches. 
00 
LO 
IO 
lbs. 
16,240 
lbs. 
4,060 
4 
> 2 X 2 X 30 < 
544 
17,360 
4,340 
5 
625 
28,560 
7,140 
6 
625 
25,760 
6,440 
Total. 
2352 
87,920 
21,980 
Average . 
588 
21,980 
5,495 
