The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 344
.: an abstract ofthem is given in Mag. Nat. Hist., v. 45—48. (Tb be contimced.) MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. Art. I. General Notices. Metallic Wire for Tying up Trees, attaching Labels, and other GardenPurposes. —We noticed, p. 265., that leaden wire had been used in France fortying up trees; and a… … General Notices. 319 tnetal, in consequence of which it is much stronger than lead wire alone.Thus, a foot in length of No. 14 lead wire will carry 14 lbs. and be broken by15 lbs.; while No. 14 metallic wire will carry 20 lbs. a foot, while 21 lbs. willbreak it. This shows the latter to be 5 lbs.…
