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The Less Satisfactory Materials of Aircracft Construction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2017
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From the time when man first made a bow and arrow or a wooden drinking vessel until now he has accumulated such an experience of the properties of wood that he has ceased to regard it as an unsatisfactory material.
Metals, too, whether as swords or ploughshares, may be worked with that precision and possess that du rability which cannot fail to be a source of satisfaction.
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