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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910: Tests of Creosoted Timber, Paper No. 1168Gregory, W. B. (William Benjamin)

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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910: Tests of Creosoted Timber, Paper No. 1168

Name: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910: Tests of Creosoted Timber, Paper No. 1168
Author: Gregory, W. B. (William Benjamin)

Gregory, W. B. (William Benjamin)

Civil engineering -- Periodicals; Creosote; Wood -- Preservation; Wood -- Testing

+========================================================================+
|   | Locality|  DIMENSIONS. |         |          |       |   |     |    |
|   |    of   +--------------+  Grade. |Condition |       |   |     |    |
| A | Growth. |Section,|Span,|         |   of     |       | B |  C  |  D |
|   |         |   in   | in  |         |seasoning.|       |   |     |    |
|   |         | inches.|feet |         |          |       |   |     |    |
+---+---------+--------+-----+---------+----------+-------+---+-----+----+
|   |         | 6 by  7|     |         |          |       |   |     |    |
|   |         | 6 by 10|  10 |         |          |       |   |     |    |
| 1 |South    | 4 by 12|  to |  Square | Green    |Average|   | 48.0| 5.7|
|   |Carolina.| 6 by 16| 15.5|  edge   |          |Maximum| 42| 92.1|11.7|
|   |         | 8 by 14|     |         |          |Minimum|   | 30.2| 2.3|
|   |         | 8 by 16|     |         |          |       |   |     |    |
+---+---------+--------+-----+---------+----------+-------+---+-----+----+
|   |         | 6 by  7|     |         |          |       |   |     |    |
|   |         | 4 by 12|  10 |         |          |       |   |     |    |
| 2 |South    | 6 by 10|  to |  Square |Partially |Average|   | 27.7| 5.0|
|   |Carolina.| 6 by 16|  16 |  edge   |air dry.  |Maximum| 18| 29.2| 8.2|
|   |         | 8 by 16|     |         |          |Minimum|   | 25.5| 2.5|
|   |         |10 by 16|     |         |          |       |   |     |    |
+---+---------+--------+-----+---------+----------+-------+---+-----+----+
|   |         | 6 by  7|  10 |         |          |       |   |     |    |
|   |South    | 4 by 12|  to |  Square |Partially |Average|   | 21.0| 5.6|
| 3 |Carolina.| 6 by 10|  15 |  edge   |air dry.  |Maximum| 19| 24.9|17.2|
|   |         | 6 by 16|     |         |          |Minimum|   | 15.0| 2.7|
+---+---------+--------+-----+---------+----------+-------+---+-----+----+
|   |         |        |  6  |         |          |Average|   | 22.4| 4.8|
| 4 |Virginia.| 8 by  8| to  |  Square |Partially |Maximum| 12| 27.7| 8.8|
|   |         |        | 16  |  edge   |air dry.  |Minimum|   | 17.8| 2.5|
+---+---------+--------+-----+---------+----------+-------+---+-----+----+
|   |         |        | 6   |         |          |Average|   | 64.0| 3.0|
| 5 |Virginia.| 8 by  8| to  |  Square | Green    |Maximum| 17|100.5| 4.0|
|   |         |        |15.5 |  edge   |          |Minimum|   | 38.8| 2.5|
+---+---------+--------+-----+---------+----------+-------+---+-----+----+

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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910: Tests of Creosoted Timber, Paper No. 1168

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