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The Mechanical Properties of Wood

PART III TIMBER TESTING[56] [Footnote 56: The methods of timber testing described here are for the most part those employed by the U
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These specimens will have the mark "5." (For sketches showing radial and tangential cleavage, see Fig.

45.) When it is impossible to secure clear specimens for all of the above tests, tests will have precedence in the order in which they are named.
_Tests to Determine the Effect of Air-drying_ These tests will be made on material from the adjacent bolts mentioned in "_c_" under Part of Tree to be Tested.

Both bolts will be cut as outlined above.

One-half the sticks from each bolt will be tested green, the other half will be air-dried and tested.

The division of green and air-dry will be according to the following scheme: STICK NUMBERS Lower bolt, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, } Tested etc.


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