This section is from the book "Elementary Principles Carpentry", by Thomas Tredgold. Also available from Amazon: Elementary Principles Of Carpentry.
This wood, which is a kind of cedar, is one of the most esteemed in India, where it is in common use for joinery, and the manufacture of chairs, tables, and other kinds of furniture.
The tree sometimes measures 4 feet in diameter. The wood resembles mahogany in appearance, but the colour is of a duller red, and therefore of less brilliant hue.
It is not so strong as mahogany, though very durable. A cubic foot weighs about 40 lbs. The cohesive force of a square inch is 4992 lbs.; and the breaking weight in the middle of a piece with a bearing 1 foot long and 1 inch square, supported at the ends, is 600 lbs.
 
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