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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.
1	0.75	.00	5.00	820.0	957.00	855.00	205.000
2	1.25	.00	6.25	725.0	885.00	819.00	181.250
3	1.35	.10	4.60	955.0	1023.00	934.00	238.750
4	0.75	.05	7.50	840.0	987.00	851.00	210.000
5	1.00	.05	6.50	920.0	1013.00	908.00	230.000
6	1.00	.05	6.50	915.0	1023.00	903.00	228.750
Total	6.10	.25	36.35	5175.0	5888.00	5270.00	1293.750
Average	1.01	.04	6.06	862.5	981.33	878.33	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.
	Inches.				lbs.	lbs.
7	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	2 × 2 × 30	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	...	31,080	7,770
8				...	30,800	7,700
9				...	31,360	7,840
10				...	31,360	7,840
11				...	22,120	5,530
12				...	22,960	5,740
Total	...			...	169,680	42,420
Average	...			981.	28,280	7,070