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Weathering Room

  • Circa 1949

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General view of the Weathering Room at the Naval Air Experimental Station. Visible in the photograph is an Atlas Fade-o-meter and several accelerated weathering units used to evaluate the effects of stimulated service conditions on rubber products. This photograph was included in a 1949 Naval Air Experimental Station report on compounding rubber.

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  • 8 in. H x 10 in. W
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  • Box 1

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Naval Air Experimental Station, and United States. Navy. “Weathering Room,” circa 1949. Photographs from the Papers of J. Hartley Bowen, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/ns064605c.

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