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INDIAN TEAK.
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Table XLV. —Burmah (or Moulmein) Teak.— No. 1.
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.
7 2.05 .250 5.500 840.00 712.00 1179.0 210.00
8 1.35 .100 4.500 971.00 787.00 1233.0 242.75
9 1.75 .150 4.750 867.00 840.00 1032.0 216.75
10 1.65 .000 5.000 915.00 724.00 1277.0 228.75
11 1.75 .000 7.500 923.00 720.00 1282.0 230.75
12 1.35 .000 5.000 960.00 874.000 1098.0 240.00
Total 9.90 .500 32.250 5476.00 4657.00 7101.0 1369.00
Average 1.65 .083 5.375 912.66 776.16 1183.5 228.16

E = 576220.S = 2394.

Reamrks.—Each piece broke short to the depth of about one-third, then with scarph-like fracture, 8 to 12 inches in length.

Table XLVI.—Burmah (or Moulmein) Teak.—No. 2.
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.
13 1.250 .000 5.250 950.00 910.00 1044.00 237.50
14 2.100 .000 7.000 850.00 821.00 1035.00 212.50
15 1.750 .000 7.000 920.00 805.00 10l8.00 230.00
16 1.900 .000 6.750 816.00 790.00 1033.00 204.00
17 1.500 .000 6.500 920.00 800.00 1150.00 230.00
18 3.150 .500 6.250 602.00 726.00 829.00 150.50
Total 11.650 .5.00 38.750 5058 4852.00 6109.00 1264.50
Average 1.942 .083 6.485 843 808.66 1018.16 210.75
E = 485720.S = 2213.

Remarks.—Each piece broke short to the depth of about one-fifth, then with scarph-like and fibrous fracture, 10 to 14 inches in length.