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General view of the Plastics Testing area

  • 1958

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General view of the Plastics Testing area at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. Technicians are seen working with assorted equipment used to simulate various service conditions and test the effects on plastics, polymers, and other materials used in the production of naval aircraft.

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Naval Air Material Center, and United States. Navy. “General View of the Plastics Testing Area,” 1958. Photographs from the Papers of J. Hartley Bowen, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/r207tp403.

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