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XXII.] {| Tensile Experiments. of the specimen. of each piece. gravity. piece broke with. cohesion on 1 square in.
 * Number
 * Number
 * colspan=3|Dimensions
 * Specific
 * Weight the
 * Direct
 * colspan=3|Inches.
 * lbs.
 * lbs.
 * 7
 * rowspan=6 |
 * rowspan=6 |2 × 2 × 30
 * rowspan=6 |
 * 745
 * 22,400
 * 5,600
 * 8
 * 742
 * 20,440
 * 5,110
 * 9
 * 757
 * 28,000
 * 7,000
 * 10
 * 748
 * 25,480
 * 6,370
 * 11
 * 740
 * 26,600
 * 6,650
 * 12
 * 753
 * 28,560
 * 7,140
 * Total
 * colspan=3|...
 * 4485
 * 151,480
 * 37,870
 * Average
 * colspan=3|...
 * 747.5
 * 25,246
 * 6,311
 * }
 * colspan=3|...
 * 4485
 * 151,480
 * 37,870
 * Average
 * colspan=3|...
 * 747.5
 * 25,246
 * 6,311
 * }
 * }

E = 1,259690.S = 3316.

THE KRANJI, OR RED KRANJI TREE,

of which it is probable there are varieties of some other colour, is likewise found in the island of Borneo; it is a tree of straight growth and noble dimensions, and compares favourably with the Chow; it was imported in 1860–61 with the latter wood, and ultimately sent to Woolwich Dockyard to be employed for naval purposes.

The wood is red in colour, hard, heavy, exceedingly tough, and is one of the strongest with which we are acquainted, every one of the specimens, when tried transversely, taking a very heavy strain, and breaking with an unusually long fracture; the grain is close and somewhat resembles Cuba or Spanish Mahogany, but is very