WROUGHT IRON". 438 No. 7434. Burden’s Best Iron. Diameter, 1".129. Sectional area, 1 square inch. Gauged length, 10". Applied loads per square inch. In gauged length. Remarks. Elonga- tion. Set. Pounds. Inches. Inch. 1,000 0. 0. 5,000 .0012 0. 10,000 .0030 20,000 . 0065 0. 29,300 .0101 Elastic limit. 29,500 .1970 30,000 .2083 .1960 31,000 .24 32,000 .27 33,000 .30 34,000 .34 35,000 .38 .37 Rested without loac 7 days. 1,000 0. 0. 5,000 .0013 0. 10,000 .0027 20,000 .0059 Micrometer reset at zero on 8" of the original gauged 30.000 35.000 .0090 .0106.. 0. length. ־ 39,000 .0120® 40,000 .0127 .0006 40,000 .0134 Second application of load. 41,000 .51 42,000 .55 • 44,000 .66 46,000 .81 48,000 1.09 49,000 1.30 49,560 1.83 Tensile strength. 0 2.58 =25.8 per cent. ^ Elongation of inch sections: ".17, ".21, ".22, ".23, ".27, ".57*, ".28, ".24, ".20, ".19. Diameter at fracture, ".85; area, .567 square inch. Contraction of area, 43.3 per cent. Appearance, fibrous.