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elastic, and easy to work. It is very suitable for employment 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.
1	2.50	.1O0	7.000	696	493	847	174.0
2	3.00	.150	7.750	580	467	745	145.0
Total	5.50	.250	14.750	1,276	960	1592	319.0
Average	2.75	.125	7.375	638	480	796	159.5

 

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.
	Inches.				lbs.	lbs.
3	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	2 × 2 × 30	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	558	16,240	4,060
4				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