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Modern Experimental Work on Aeroplane Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

Extract

A meeting of the Society was held in the lecture hall of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers at Storey's Gate, St. James's Park, Westminster, London, S.W.1, on Thursday, April 5th, 1945, at which Dr. A. G. Pugsley, F.R.Ae.S., presented a paper entitled “Modern Experimental Work on Aeroplane Structures.”

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1945

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