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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES
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Table CLXXI.
Showing the woods which have been experimented upon, arranged in numerical order of tensile strength, and the comparative tensile 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. | ||||||
Kranji | 01 | 10,920 | 1.442 | Ash, American | 20 | 5,495 | .725 |
Tewart | 02 | 10,284 | 1.398 | Elm, English | 21 | 5,460 | .721 |
Pyengadu | 03 | 9,656 | 1.220 | Pine, Pitch | 22 | 4,666 | .616 |
Mora | 04 | 9,240 | 1.220 | Kauri, New Zealand | 23 | 4,543 | .600 |
Elm, Canada | 05 | 9,182 | 1.213 | Oak, Dantzic | 24 | 4,212 | .556 |
Greenheart | 06 | 8,820 | 1.165 | Larch, Russian | 25 | 4,203 | .555 |
Iorn-bark | 07 | 8,377 | 1.106 | Fir, Riga | 26 | 4,051 | .535 |
Oak, French | 08 | 8,102 | 1.071 | Fir,„ Spruce | 27 | 3,934 | .520 |
Molavé | 09 | 7,812 | 1.032 | Oak, Baltimore | 28 | 3,382 | .506 |
Oak, English | 10 | 7,571 | 1.000 | Mahogany, Cuba | 29 | 3,791 | .500 |
Chow | 11 | 7,199 | .951 | Ash, English | 30 | 3,780 | .499 |
Kari | 12 | 7,070 | .934 | Mahogny, Mexican | 31 | 3,427 | .451 |
African | 13 | 7,052 | .931 | Teak, Moulmein | 32 | 3,301 | .436 |
Oak, White American | 14 | 7,021 | .927 | Fir, Dantzic | 33 | 3,231 | .427 |
Kapor | 15 | 6,790 | .896 | Mahogany, Honduras | 34 | 2,998 | .396 |
Hornbeam | 16 | 6,405 | .846 | Jarrah | 35 | 2,940 | .388 |
Pingow | 17 | 6,311 | .832 | Cedar, Cuba | 36 | 2,870 | .379 |
Blue Gum | 18 | 6,084 | .798 | Red Pine, Canada | 37 | 2,705 | .357 |
Sabicu | 19 | 5,558 | .734 | Yellow Pine, Canada | 38 | 2,027 | .267 |