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The Mechanical Properties of Wood - Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical - Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Samuel J. Record
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| | Fibre stress | Fiber stress |
| COMMON NAME | at elastic | in per cent |
| OF SPECIES | limit | of white oak, |
| | perpendicular | or 853 pounds |
| | to grain | per sq. in. |
|-----------------------+---------------+---------------|
| | Lbs. per | |
| | sq. inch | Per cent |
| | | |
| Osage orange | 2,260 | 265.0 |
| Honey locust | 1,684 | 197.5 |
| Black locust | 1,426 | 167.2 |
| Post oak | 1,148 | 134.6 |
| Pignut hickory | 1,142 | 133.9 |
| Water hickory | 1,088 | 127.5 |
| Shagbark hickory | 1,070 | 125.5 |
| Mockernut hickory | 1,012 | 118.6 |
| Big shellbark hickory | 997 | 116.9 |
| Bitternut hickory | 986 | 115.7 |
| Nutmeg hickory | 938 | 110.0 |
| Yellow oak | 857 | 100.5 |
| White oak | 853 | 100.0 |
| Bur oak | 836 | 98.0 |
| White ash | 828 | 97.1 |
| Red oak | 778 | 91.2 |
| Sugar maple | 742 | 87.0 |
| Rock elm | 696 | 81.6 |
| Beech | 607 | 71.2 |
| Slippery elm | 599 | 70.2 |
| Redwood | 578 | 67.8 |