Show WOOD STRONGER STRONGER s THAN IRON I Chicago Tribune The strongest wood In the world is yate and it grows In western Australia the home of many valuable hard woods The official tests of yate show It to have an nn average tensile strength of pounds to the square inch equaling that of good cast iron Many specimens are far tar stronger s than this One was tested up to seven teen and tons to the square inch which is equal to the tensile strength of wrought Iron The sown timber of yat probably is the strongest in the world I The tree grows to a maximum height of 1 feet and sometimes has a diameter of two and or even three feet |