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Letter from Frank Philip Bowden, on a paper 'The influence of oxide and lubricant films on the friction and surface damage of metals' by W Hirst and J K Lancaster, to David Christie Martin, the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/79/222

Date: 08 September 1953

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Paper reference code: A.203

Believes that while the paper by Hirst and Lancaster is useful, it is not sufficiently new to recommend publication.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1954].

Date received not given.

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RR/79/222
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08 September 1953
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Frank Philip Bowden

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Frank Philip Bowden, Letter from Frank Philip Bowden, on a paper 'The influence of oxide and lubricant films on the friction and surface damage of metals' by W Hirst and J K Lancaster, to David Christie Martin, the Royal Society, 08 September 1953, RR/79/222, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_79_222/letter-from-frank-philip-bowden-on-a-paper-the-influence-of-oxide-and-lubricant-films-on-the-friction-and-surface-damage-of-metals-by-w-hirst-and-j-k-lancaster-to-david-christie-martin-the-royal-society, accessed on 20 April 2025

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