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Table CLXXII.

Showing the woods which have been experimented upon, arranged in numerical order of vertical strength, and the comparative vertical strength, English Oak being—1.000, abstracted from the tables accompanying the description of the various kinds.

Name of the Wood	Numerical order of the verit- cal strength	Vertical force required to crush 1 square inch of base	Comparative Strength English Oak being =1.000	Name of the Wood	Numerical order of the verit- cal strength	Vertical force required to crush 1 square inch of base	Comparative Strength English Oak being =1.000
		lbs.				lbs.
Greenheart	01	15,275	2.000	Blue Gum, Australia	19	6,995	.915
Chow	02	12,591	1.648	Ash, English	20	6,964	.912
Kapor	03	11,939	1.561	Oak, White American	21	6,964	.912
Pyengadu	04	11,665	1.527	Pine, Pitch, American	22	6,462	.847
Iron-bark	05	10,306	1.348	Teak, Moulmein	23	6,357	.832
African	06	10,244	1.341	Mahogany, Honduras	24	6,160	.806
Pingow	07	10,167	1.331	Larch, Russian	25	5,985	.783
Tewart	08	9,397	1.229	Mahogany, Mexican	26	5,898	.772
Elm, Canada	09	9,098	1.161	Oak, Baltimore	27	5,891	.771
Sabicu	10	8,873	1.161	Kauri, New Zeland	28	5,880	.769
Mora	11	8,539	1.117	Oak, Sardinian	29	5,833	.763
Hornbeam	12	8,312	1.087	Elm, English	30	5,784	.757
Oak, French	13	7,945	1.040	Ash, American	31	5,495	.719
Oak,„ English	14	7,6471	1.000	Oak, Tuscan	32	5,459	.714
Oak,„ Dantzic	15	7,560	.990	Fir, Spruce	33	4,852	.635
Mahogany, Cuba	16	7,280	.953	Pine, Red, American	34	4,738	.620
Jarrah	17	7,164	.937	Fir, Riga	35	4,724	.618
Fir, Dantzic	18	7,105	.930	Cedar, Cuba	36	4,480	.586