141. Table XIX. - Of The Resistance To Compression Of Uniform Rectangular Pillars Of Red Deal, Flat At The Ends, Cut Out Of The Same Plank, The Sectional Area Being In All Cases Nearly 4 Inches. (Hodgkinson.)

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141. Table XIX. - Of The Resistance To Compression Of Uniform Rectangular Pillars Of Red Deal, Flat At The Ends, Cut Out Of The Same Plank, The Sectional Area Being In All Cases Nearly 4 Inches. (Hodgkinson.)

Length.	Scantling.			Deflection.	Corresponding weight.	Weight with which it sank down.	Remarks.
inches.	in.		in.	inches.	lbs.	lbs.
58	2	x	2	.03	3254	...	Bent in direction of diagonal, one end crushed about one inch from bottom, and in the middle, two. thirds or three-fourths of the area being crippled.
...	...		...	.10	6505
...	...		...	.12	8857
...	...		....	.17	11209	12385
58	2	x	2	.09	4153
...	...		...	.12	6505
...	...		...	.15	8857
..	...		...	.32	11209	11601	Crushed as before.
58	2.9	x	14	.13	4153	...	Sunk by bending in the direction of the smaller side.
...	...		...	.17	5329		Sunk by bending in the direction of the smaller side.
..	..		...	.25	6505	7681	In another experiment a piece of the same size broke with somewhat less than this.
58	3.47	x	1.15	.42	4155	4349	Sunk by bending in the direction of the smaller side.

* 'Phil Transactions,' 1840.

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