439 WROUGHT IRON. No. 7435. Burden’s Best Iron. Diameter, 1".129. Sectional area, 1 square inch. Gauged length, 10". Applied loads per square inch. In gauge Elonga- tion. d length. Set. Remarks. Pounds. Inches. Inch. 1,000 0. 0. 5,000 . 0012 0. 10,000 .0031 20,000 .0067 0. 29,400 .0101 Elastic limit. 29,500 .2273 30,000 .2387 .2263 31,000 .27 32,000 .31 34,000 .38 36,000 .47 38,040 .57 40,000 .72 .70 Kested without loac 7 days. 1,000 0. 0. 5,000 .0012 0. 10,000 .0027 20,000 .0060 30.000 40.000 .0092 .0124 0. Micrometer reset at zero on 8" oi the original gauged 45,000 . 0138 0. 45,500 .0144 46,000 .0149 .0004 46,500 .1738 47,000 .1993 .1811 47,000 .95 48,000 1.02 49,000 1.17 50,000 1.38 50,500 1.87 Tensile strength. 0 2.44 = 24.4 per cent. Elongation of inch sections: ".16, ".18, ".21, ".20. ".25 ".52* " 36 ".21, ".19, ".16. ’ ' ’ Diameter at fracture, ".80; area, .503 square inch. Contraction of area, 49.7 per cent. Appearance of fracture, fibrous.