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204 {| of the specimen. of each piece. gravity. the piece broke with. cohesion on 1 square in.
 * + Tensile Experiments.
 * Number
 * Number
 * colspan=3|Dimensions
 * Specific
 * Weight
 * Direct
 * colspan=3|Inches.
 * lbs.
 * lbs.
 * 7
 * rowspan=5|
 * rowspan=5 |2 × 2 × 30
 * rowspan=5|
 * 997
 * 14,560
 * 3,640
 * 8
 * 1079
 * 26,600
 * 6,650
 * 9
 * 1037
 * 24,360
 * 6,090
 * 10
 * 1108
 * 26,600
 * 6,650
 * 11
 * 1026
 * 28,840
 * 7,210
 * Total
 * colspan=3|...
 * 5247
 * 120,960
 * 30,240
 * Average
 * colspan=3|...
 * 1049
 * 24,192
 * 6,048
 * }
 * 5247
 * 120,960
 * 30,240
 * Average
 * colspan=3|...
 * 1049
 * 24,192
 * 6,048
 * }
 * }

E = 778300.S = 1869.

THE STRINGY-BARIC TREE (Eucalyptus gigantea, E. robusta, or E. obliqua)

Is of straight growth, and takes its name from the strip-like character of its bark. It is very abundant in Australia and Van Diemen’s Land,, and flourishes well in any situation, provided the soil be dry. It attains a height of from 100 to 230 feet, with a diameter of from 3 to 15 feet.

The wood is of a brown colour, hard, heavy, strong, close, and straight in the grain. It works up well, and is employed in the colonies in ship-building, for planking, beams, keels, and keelsons, and in civil architecture for joists, flooring, &c. Upon the farms it is used for fences and agricultural implements ; it is also employed for furniture and for all ordinary purposes.