sile strength of American white oak is 11,501 putation of boasting, that the Philadelphia Navy Yard to the bottom, a, of the box, and supporting the light Ibs. per square inch; that of English oak 10,224 Ibs.; the transverse strength of the former oak is 1699 lbs. ‘The Wabash is a splendid that of… … in relation to it may be obtained that American-built ships are not so by addréssing the inventor, Louis strong as the British. This is very S. Ullman, at Columbia, Tenn. erroneous and should be corrected. Our ships are in general very much _—— oo stronger than the English timber IMPROVED CATCH…
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