wood
26. Progress of drying throughout the length of a
chestnut beam
27. Excessive season checking
28. Control of season checking by the use of S-irons
29. Static bending test on a large beam
30. Two methods of loading a beam
31. Static bending test on a small beam
32. Sample log sheet, giving full details of a
transverse bending test on a small pine beam
33. Endwise compression test
34. Sample log sheet of an endwise compression test on
a short pine column
35. Compression across the grain
36. Vertical section of shearing tool
37. Front view of shearing tool
38. Two forms of shear test specimens
39. Making a shearing test
40. Impact testing machine
41. Drum record of impact bending test
42. Abrasion machine for testing the wearing qualities
of woods
43. Design of tool for testing the hardness of woods
by indentation
44. Design of tool for cleavage test
45. Design of cleavage test specimen
46. Designs of tension test specimens used in United
States
47. Design of tension test specimen used in New South
Wales