I Vote for the LIGHT One--More Payload!
Magnesium: Lightest of All Structural Metals
- 1946
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement depicts two men examining model aircrafts, with the one man favoring the lighter one made from Dowmetal. The accompanying text details the use of Dowmetal in the aircraft industry and emphasizes the product's lightness and durability relative to other structural metals.
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Dow Chemical Company. “I Vote for the LIGHT One--More Payload!,” 1946. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 8. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/lpi5f1u.
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