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Table CLXIX.

Showing the woods which have been experimented upon, alphabetically arranged their specific gravity, transverse, tensile, and vertical strengt—abstracted from the tables accompanying the description of the various kinds.

Number	Name of Wood	Specific Gravity	Breaking Weights used for
			Transverse strain on peices 2″×2″×84″	Transverse strain on peices 2″×2″×30″	Vertical strain on peices—
					1″×1″×1″	2″×2″×2″	3″×3″×3″	4″×4″×4″
			lbs. per sq. in.	lbs. per sq. in.	lbs. per sq. in.	lbs. per sq. in.	lbs. per sq. in.	lbs. per sq. in.
01	African	993	277	7,052	4.900	4.573	4.388	4.0000
02	Ash, English	736	216	3,780	...	3.109	—	—
03	Ash,„ American	480	160	5,495	...	2.453	—	—
04	Blue Gum,Australia	1029	178	6,048	...	3.078	—	—
05	Cedar, Cuba	439	140	2,870	...	2.000	—	—
06	Chow, Borneo	1116	244	7,199	...	5.621	—	—
07	Elm, English	558	98	5,460	...	2.583	—	—
08	Elm,„ Canada	748	230	9,182	3.312	4.062	4.097	3.8590
09	Fir, Dantzic	582	219	3,231	3.146	3.172	3.097	2.9920
10	Fir,„ Riga	541	150	4,051	3.312	2.109	1.770	2.1790
11	Fir,„ Spruce, Canada	484	168	3,924	...	2.166	—	—
12	Greenheart, Demerara	1142	333	8,820	6.750	6.819	6.368	5.8140
13	Hornbeam, English	...	...	6,405	...	3.711	—	—
14	Iorn-bark, Australia	1142	352	8,377	...	4.601	—	—
15	Jarrah, Australia„	1010	172	2,940	...	3.198	—	—
16	Kapor, Borneo	956	296	6,790	...	5.330	—	—
17	Kari, Australia	981	216	7,070	...	...	...	5.140[1]

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