Furniture, woodenware, shoe-lasts, ox-yokes. Inferior cask-hoops from branches.
Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot.
35.
Modulus of Elasticity.
1,580,000.
Modulus of Rupture.
13,100.
Remarks.
Dark brown bark, whence name Red Birch. Prefers moist bottoms, whence name River Birch. [p073]