Properties determined by mechanical testing, such as yield strength, ductility, ultimate tensile strength, hardness, bendability, impact strength, etc.
Over and over, year after year, Crampton measured to the tiniest degree - to eight decimal places the whorls and arcs and gentle curves of numberless Partula, compiling the results into fastidiously detailed tables.
After modeling the data, scientists found that the flex of the beam played a large role in where squirrels decide to launch from even more than the distance of the landing perch.