This section is from the book "The English And American Mechanic", by B. Frank Van Cleve. Also available from Amazon: The English And American Mechanic.
Substances. | Height in feet. | Weight in lbs. |
Ash................... | 4,970,000 | 1,656,670 |
Brass, yellow... | 2,460.000 | 8,464,000 |
" wire.... | 4,112,000 | 14,632,720 |
Copper, cast...... | 4,800.000 | 18,240,000 |
Eim................ | 5,680.000 | 1,499,500 |
Fir, red............. | 8,330,000 | 2,016,000 |
Glass.................... | 4,440.000 | 5,559,000 |
Gun metal ...... | 2,790,000 | 8,844,300 |
Hempen fibres. | 5 000.000 | 170,000 |
Ice.................... | 6.000,000 | 2,370,000 |
Iron, cast......... | 5,780900 | 25,820,000 |
" wrought...... | 7,650,000 | 28,230,500 |
" wire......... | 8,377,000 | 28,230,500 |
Lead, cast.........| | 146,000 | 720,000 |
Substances. | in feet. | Weight |
Lignum-vitae ... | 1,080,400 | 1,080,400 |
Linestone........ | 2,400,000 | 3,300,000 |
Mahogany......... | 6,570,000 | 2,071,000 |
Marble, white... | 2,150,000 | 2,508,000 |
Oak................... | 4,750,000 | 1,710,000 |
Pine, Pitch............ | 8,700,000 | 2,430,000 |
" White...... | 8,900.000 | 1,830,000 |
Steel, cast......... | 8,530,000 | 26,650,000 |
" wire......._ | 9.000.090 | 28,689,000 |
Stone, Portland | 1,672,000 | 1,718,800 |
Tin, cast............... | 1,053,000 | 3,510,000 |
Willow............ | 6,200,000 | 1,426,000 |
V. 1. Pine, mean | 10,500,000 | 2,100,000 |
Zinc .................. | 4,480,000 | 13.440,000 |
The elasticity of Ivory, as compared to Glass, is as .93 to 1.
 
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