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XXVII.] {| Tensile Experiments. of the specimen. of the pieces. gravity. piece broke with. cohesion on 1 square inch.
 * Number
 * Number
 * colspan=3|Dimensions
 * Specific
 * Weight the
 * Direct
 * colspan=3|Inches.
 * lbs.
 * lbs.
 * 7
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|2 × 2 × 30
 * rowspan=3|
 * 690
 * 21,060
 * 5040
 * 8
 * 625
 * 26,880
 * 6,720
 * 9
 * 611
 * 18,480
 * 4,620
 * Total.
 * colspan=3|...
 * 1926
 * 66,420
 * 16,380
 * Average
 * colspan=3|...
 * 642
 * 22,140
 * 5,460
 * }
 * 16,380
 * Average
 * colspan=3|...
 * 642
 * 22,140
 * 5,460
 * }
 * }

Contracts are annually made for the supply of English Elm timber for the royal navy, according to the following specification and conditions, the quantities of the several classes, and the quantity required for each of the dockyards, of course varying from year to year, to suit the works in hand.