hs under
Minimum | |3,110|5,160|380 |1,398| -- | 5.5| -- | shelter.
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NOTE.--Figures written as subscripts to the figures for
longitudinal shear indicate the number of sticks failing in that manner.

[Illustration: PLATE II.--SIDE VIEWS OF TESTED TIMBERS.]

TABLE 4.--LOAD AND DEFLECTION LOG. BEAM I.

Columns in table:

A: Load, in pounds.
B: Reading.
C: Total deflection.
D: Mean total deflection.

Date: February 26th, 1909. Date: February 24th, 1909.
_l_ = 12 ft.; _l_ = 12 ft.;
_b_ (mean) = 6-9/32 in.; _b_ (mean) = 6 in.;
_h_ (mean) = 15-15/16 in.; _h_ (mean) = 15.69 in.;
_c_ = 7.97 in. _c_ = 7.84 in.
Time = 1 hour.

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| P | DEFLECTION, IN INCHES. || P | DEFLECTION, IN INCHES.
No.+------+----+----+----+----+-----++---------+----+----+----+----+-----
| A | B | C | B | C | D || A | B | C | B | C | D
---+------+----+----+----+----+-----++---------+----+----+----+----+-----
1 | 0 |1.86| 0 |1.88| 0 | 0 || 0 |1.83| 0 |1.86| 0 | 0
2 | 2,000|1.92|0.05|1.90|0.02|0.035|| 2,000 |1.87|0.04|1.90|0.04|0.04
3 | 4,000|1.96|0.10|1.94|0.06|0.080|| 4,000 |1.91|0.08|1.96|0.10|0.090
4 | 6,000|1.99|0.13|1.98|0.10|0.115|| 6,000 |1.96|0.13|2.00|0.14|0.135
5 | 8,000|2.03|0.17|2.02|0.14|0.155|| 8,000 |2.00|0.17|2.04|0.18|0.175
6 |10,000|2.05|0.19|2.06|0.18|0.185||10,000 |2.04|0.21|2.08|0.22|0.215
7 |12,000|2.10|0.24|2.09|0.21|0.225||12,000 |2.09|0.26|2.13|0.27|0.265
8 |14,000|2.13|0.27|2.13|0.25|0.260||14,000 |2.14|0.31|2.18|0.32|0.315
9 |16,000|2.17|0.31|2.16|0.28|0.295||16,000 |2.19|0.36|2.23|0.37|0.365
10 |18,000|2.20|0.34|2.20|0.32|0.330||18,000 |2.24|0.41|2.28|0.42|0.415
11 |20,000|2.24|0.36|2.25|0.37|0.365||20,000 |2.29|0.46|2.33|0.47|0.465
12 |22,000|2.28|0.42|2.28|0.40|0.410||22,000 |2.34|0.51|2.39|0.53|0.520
13 |24,000|2.32|0.46|2.32|0.44|0.450||24,000 |2.39|0.56|2.43|0.57|0.565
14 |26,000|2.36|0.50|2.36|0.48|0.490||26,000 |2.44|0.61|2.48|0.62|0.615
15 |28,000|2.40|0.54|2.39|0.51|0.525||28,000 |2.49|0.66|2.53|0.67|0.685
16 |30,000|2.43|0.57|2.44|0.56|0.565||30,000 |2.55|0.72|2.58|0.72|0.720
17 |32,000|2.48|0.62|2.48|0.60|0.610||32,000 |2.61|0.78|2.65|0.79|0.785
18 |34,000|2.52|0.68|2.53|0.65|0.6