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RED PINE. 
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Table CXLV.—Red Pine (Canada). 
Transverse Experiments. 
Number 
of the 
specimen. 
Deflections. 
Total 
weight 
required 
to break 
each 
piece. 
Specific 
gravity. 
W eight 
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 
1-85 
•IS 
4 ‘ 5 ° 
59 ° 
536 
66 0 
14715 
2 
175 
•15 
4' 2 5 
572 
525 
654 
143-0 
3 
1-50 
•10 
3-25 
5 38 
576 
612 
147-0 
4 
1 ‘65 
•15 
575 
700 
573 
727 
1 75 '° 
5 
1-50 
•10 
5 ' 5 ° 
724 
552 
787 
181 -o 
b 
1 75 
•15 
4 ’ 5 ° 
746 
554 
80S 
186-5 
Total . 
IO'OO 
CO 
0 
2775 
3920 
332 i 
4248 
980 -o 
Average 
1-666 
•133 
4-625 
653 '33 
55315 
708 
16373 
Remarks.—N os. 1, 2, and 6 broke with a moderate length of fracture ; 3, 4, and 5, 
rather short. 
Table CXLVI. 
Tensile Experiments. 
Number 
of the 
specimen. 
Dimensions of 
each piece. 
Specific 
gravity. 
Weight the 
piece broke 
with. 
Direct 
cohesion on 
1 square inch. 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
Inches. 
I 2 X 2 X 30 ' 
536 
525 
552 
554 
578 
576 
lbs. 
11,200 
11,200 
11,200 
6,832 
1 3 > 3 °° 
11,200 
lbs. 
2,800 
2,800 
2,800 
1,708 
3 ,325 
2,800 
Total 
332 i 
64,932 
16,233 
Average. 
0 
553 
10,822 1 2,705 
