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166 Officers have, however, hesitated to employ it for beams which are intended to carry heavy guns, lest it should contain some hidden defect of the character just mentioned. It is only sparingly used in works of civil architecture, on account of its great specific gravity.

—Nos. 1, 4, 5, and 6 broke with about 10 to 11 inches fracture; 2 and 3 broke with 8 inches fracture.