Excerpt from Report on a Preliminary Investigation of the Properties of the Copper-Tin Alloys: Made Under the Direction of the Committee on Metallic Alloys, United States Board to Test Iron, Steel, and Other Metals Modulus of Rupture in Pounds. Modulus of Elastic Limit in Pounds. Tensile Strength, in Pounds per Square Inch of Original Section. Tensile Strength, in Pounds per Square Inch of Fractured Section. Tensile Strength at the Elastic Limit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.