Type G. Joint G X. This was a good clean stick, with few defects, namelya small knot 10 inches below the first pin in the upper connect-ion. It contained some slight season chocks and cross-grain. It failed by shear along the line of lagscrews to a knotwhere it broke in tension on the opposite… … 3? Joint G 2. This piece broke in the connection, breaking in tensionbetween the first and second small pins. There were two knotsabove the pin at which the failure first began. There was evidently considerable crushing of the screws a-gainst the wood, the holes being distorted into a slight…
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