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" ... compressive strength have been made in the Company's testing machine, where its resistance has, in several instances, exceeded 17,000 pounds per square inch, which is equal to that of granite. A curious fact has been developed by these tests, which... "
Commercial and Architectural St. Louis: Illustrated - Page 196
1891 - 263 pages
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Addresses and Papers of James B. Eads: Together with a Biographical Sketch

James Buchanan Eads - Engineering - 1884 - 694 pages
...curious fact has been developed by these tests, which is that the modulus of elasticity of this 8toue is about the same as that of wrought iron. That is,...will produce an equal shortening in both ; while the elastic limit (or breaking point)of the stone is not far below the limit at which thewrought iron would...
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