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| A |  B  |  C  |   D   |   E |  F |  G |  H |      I
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Average |   |3,580|5,480|364_{4}|1,780|23.2| 9.4|33.7| Air dry,
Maximum | 4 |4,070|6,600|440    |1,987|24.3|11.5|34.5| 3-1/2 months
Minimum |   |3,090|5,000|327    |1,530|21.5| 8.0|32.5| in the open.
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Average |   |4,512|5,060|338_{3}|1,685|20  | 7.7|33.9| Kiln dry,
Maximum | 5 |5,840|7,320|488    |1,790|22  |10.2|38.0| 6 days. 
Minimum |   |3,180|2,150|143    |1,410|18  | 4.7|27.7|
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Average |   |4,331|6,721|493_{9}|1,688| —­ | 7.7| —­ | Air dry, 21
Maximum |12 |4,990|8,560|620    |2,002| —­ | 9.5| —­ | months 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